In court filings and dismissal letters, the Justice Department’s political leadership claims sweeping authority to fire career law enforcement officials without cause.

The Justice Department has fired at least a dozen employees in recent weeks who at one time worked with former special counsel Jack Smith, ranging from a senior ethics official to low-level support staff,

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ended a civil bribery case against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives, after President Donald Trump decided to stop enforcing a key anti-corruption law.

The Department of Justice told the Supreme Court Monday that it should deny hearing convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal. Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for trafficking girls to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, claimed a 2007 non-prosecution agreement in Florida between Epstein and the government covered her as well.

As DOJ officials who worked on Jan. 6 cases or cases related to Trump get fired, the destabilizing effect on federal law enforcement is unavoidable.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday a top antagonist, Democratic Senator Adam Schiff, should be "brought to justice" for alleged mortgage fraud, in a move the California Democrat said amounted to political persecution.

Sources told CBS News that among those fired were paralegals who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith's office, finance and support staff, and two additional Justice Department prosecutors in North Carolina and Florida.