Pam Bondi ousts DOJ ethics director Joseph Tirrell amid mass prosecutor dismissal

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Attorney General Pam Bondi fired Joseph Tirrell, the Department of Justice’s top ethics director responsible for advising senior leadership on federal employee ethics, as part of a broader personnel purge affecting investigators of Trump-related cases.

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[1] Hereby Terminated: AG Pam Bondi Just Sent Top DOJ Ethics Lawyer Packing · Jul 14, 2025 Tier 2

[2] Attorney General Pam Bondi fires top Justice Department ethics official · Jul 14, 2025 Tier 1

[3] Pam Bondi ousts ethics watchdog amid DOJ purge · Jul 14, 2025 Tier 2

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The Cascade Ledger. “Pam Bondi ousts DOJ ethics director Joseph Tirrell amid mass prosecutor dismissal.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, July 14, 2025. https://capturecascade.org/event/2025-07-14--pam-bondi-ousts-ethics-watchdog-amid-doj-purge/