US EditionJustice Department ethics chief says he was fired
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON, D.C., JUL 15 – Attorney General Bondi dismissed DOJ ethics director Joseph Tirrell amid a purge of personnel linked to January 6 and Trump prosecutions, affecting over 20 officials, sources said.
- Joseph Tirrell, who served as the lead ethics attorney providing guidance to the top officials at the Department of Justice, was terminated last week by Attorney General Pam Bondi and announced the development on LinkedIn.
- Tirrell's firing occurred amid recent removals of at least a dozen Justice Department employees linked to former special counsel Jack Smith's investigations into Donald Trump, though no specific reason was given for his termination.
- Since July 2023, Tirrell led the DOJ's ethics office, managing day-to-day operations and coordinating a team advising over 117,000 department employees on federal ethics rules.
- On LinkedIn, Tirrell expressed that his commitment to serving the public continues and that he is not concluding his work as a civil servant. He also referenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s idea that although progress toward justice may be slow, it ultimately moves in the right direction.
- The firings suggest ongoing DOJ scrutiny of personnel involved in Smith's cases and reflect a broader effort to review staff connected to politically sensitive investigations.
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