'Tragedy for the rule of law': Congresswoman shreds Trump's purge of FBI agents

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) tore into President Donald Trump over the Friday night purge of FBI agents involved with criminal investigations into him.

The D.C. Field Office, in particular, has seen a wave of firings. It comes as the acting head of Trump's Justice Department is also moving to eliminate the jobs of prosecutors who handled the Jan. 6 cases and worked with special counsel Jack Smith.

"Trump’s DOJ Deputy AG is ordering the FBI Acting Secretary to create a blacklist of officers for termination because they LAWFULLY INVESTIGATED an insurrection at the Capitol that resulted in severe injuries and deaths, including of law enforcement," wrote Crockett, a former public defender, on X. "Instead of respecting the acts and contributions of the FBI for holding people to account for desecrating the hallowed halls of Congress, my Republican colleagues are now cheering for their removal."

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"LET’S BE CLEAR: Firing these experienced law enforcement officers is a victory for lawlessness, organized crime, and corruption," she continued. "It is a get out of jail free card for the drug smugglers, human traffickers, child exploiters, and violent extremists that the FBI investigates."

"But most importantly, tonight is a tragedy for the rule of law," Crockett concluded.

Trump ran his 2024 campaign in part on being an anti-crime candidate — but the message was continually muddled with tirades against the justice system for prosecuting him and his allies, and accusations of misconduct and political bias against the prosecutors and law enforcement officials investigating the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election.