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President Donald Trump continued his purge of officials he suspects could work against him and his agenda on Tuesday, issuing instructions to Attorney General Pam Bondi to fire all remaining U.S. attorneys who worked under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before. Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining \u2018Biden Era\u2019 U.S. Attorneys,\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe must \u2018clean house\u2019 IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence. America\u2019s Golden Age must have a fair Justice System \u2013 THAT BEGINS TODAY!\u201d he added<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bondi, meanwhile, has already been hard at work implementing the president\u2019s agenda. Earlier this week, for instance, Bondi is directing the department to re-examine several death row commutations issued by Biden on his way out of the White House last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter to staff, she said that Biden\u2019s decision to grant the commutations \u201cundermine[d] our justice system and subvert[ed] the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe commutations also robbed the victims\u2019 families of the justice promised \u2014 and fought hard to achieve \u2014 by the Department of Justice,\u201d Bondi wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe Department of Justice is directed to immediately commence the following actions to achieve justice for the victims\u2019 families of the 37 commuted murderers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExplore opportunities to provide a public forum for the victims\u2019 families to express how the commutations affected them personally,\u201d Bondi said, calling it an \u201cimportant step\u201d toward building trust and holding people accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bondi said she would tell U.S. attorneys\u2019 offices to use state law instead of federal law to go after people whose death sentences had been reduced. She said this would only happen \u201cwhere appropriate and legally permissible\u201d and \u201cafter consultation with the families of the victims and other interested parties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Capital Case Section shall assist the United States Attorney\u2019s Offices in implementing this directive,\u201d Bondi\u2019s letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThird, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is directed to ensure that the conditions of confinement for each of the 37 commuted murderers are consistent with the security risks those inmates present because of their egregious crimes, criminal histories, and all other relevant considerations,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden took 37 people off of federal death row and changed their sentences to life in prison without the chance of release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House said at the time that the move would stop then-President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s government from \u201ccarrying out the execution sentences that would not be handed down under current policy and practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe President\u2019s criminal justice record has transformed individual lives and positively impacted communities, especially historically marginalized communities,\u201d the White House statement said at the time. \u201cIn the coming weeks, the President will take additional steps to provide meaningful second chances and continue to review additional pardons and commutations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden only left three mass killers on death row: Dylann Roof, who killed nine people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina; Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who set off the bombs at the Boston Marathon; and Robert Bowers, who shot up the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bondi made headlines last week after the DOJ filed a lawsuit against New York state, Gov. Kathy Hochul, and Attorney General Letitia James, accusing them of violating federal law by shielding illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a new DOJ,\u201d Bondi announced at a news conference. \u201cNew York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens. It stops. It stops today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t comply with federal law, we will hold you accountable,\u201d Bondi said. \u201cWe did it to Illinois, strike one. Strike two is New York. And if you are a state not complying with federal law, you\u2019re next. Get ready.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the Justice Department asked a federal judge to strike down sanctuary laws in Chicago and Illinois.<\/p>\n

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