Democrats demand answers on Trump DOJ firings, reassignments

House Democratic leaders are asking Justice Department officials to explain an “onslaught” of firings and reassignments of prosecutors during President Trump’s first week in office. The letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the top Democrats on the Judiciary and Oversight committees, detail the “widespread summary firing and involuntary reassignment of excellent…