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Fired DOJ official says "the rules don't exist anymore"

A new purge is underway inside the Department of Justice with another round of firings of employees who handled the prosecutions of the U.S. Capitol riot, including three former Jan. 6 prosecutors and public affairs specialist Patty Hartman. Fired on Monday, Hartman didn't investigate or prosecute rioters, but sent out agency press releases about the cases.
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