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Martin’s directive, issued by Acting Attorney General James McHenry, stated that the dismissals would take effect immediately. The memo included an appendix listing the employees to be terminated.

Justice Department leaders have instructed Washington, D.C.’s Acting U.S. Attorney, Edward Martin, to dismiss prosecutors involved in the investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according to a January 31 memo reviewed by CBS News and confirmed by sources familiar with the matter.

In a separate memo on Friday, the deputy attorney general also mandated a review of all FBI agents assigned to the January 6 insurrection.

Martin’s directive, issued by Acting Attorney General James McHenry, stated that the dismissals would take effect immediately. The memo included an appendix listing the employees to be terminated.

In preparation for the January 6 investigation, some individuals were hired as term employees under the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C. However, before the presidential transition took place, the Biden Justice Department decided to make these term employees permanent, providing them with more stability and security in their roles.

According to the memo, their employment has “hindered the ability” of the D.C. U.S. attorney to “faithfully implement the agenda that the American people elected President Trump to execute.”

“The appropriate step is to terminate these employees, and to take all appropriate steps to ensure that resources allocated to their hiring and employment” are available to current Justice Department leadership, the memo said.

CBS said the Justice Department declined to comment.

Additionally, the acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, who previously served as Mr. Trump’s defense attorney, has instructed the acting director of the FBI to compile a list of all current and former FBI employees who were involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack investigation.

This review aims to determine if any further personnel actions are necessary, according to a memo reviewed by CBS News.

The FBI’s acting director, Brian Driscoll, sent a letter to all FBI employees outlining the directive, which also included an order to terminate eight current FBI executives.

As CBS News previously reported, numerous Executive Assistant Directors, including those overseeing national security, cyber, and criminal divisions, are being compelled to resign, retire, or face termination.

Bove’s memo instructed that the eight executives be terminated by February 3, and that a list of employees involved in the more than 1,500 Jan. 6 cases be compiled by February 4. Additionally, the head of the Washington, D.C. Field Office is expected to be removed from his position by February 10, according to sources.

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