Some of the top Justice Department officials who were recently terminated are expected to testify publicly at a congressional meeting Monday.
Liz Oyer, who was fired as U.S. pardon attorney last month, and Ryan Crosswell, who left the department’s public integrity section during the controversy surrounding its decision to drop the criminal corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, will testify at a hearing arranged by top Democrats, CBS News has learned.
The two are expected to testify about the impact of the Trump administration’s firings and demotions, as well as the resignations of dozens of longtime department officials. Administration critics have accused President Trump’s allies of dismissing longtime investigators and prosecutors in retribution for criminal prosecutions against him or his associates. They’ve also spoken out against efforts to plant political loyalists in powerful posts.
Oyer alleges she was fired by the Trump administration after refusing an order to intervene and help restore actor Mel Gibson’s rights to possess a gun. She is expected to speak about the circumstances of her firing during the hearing.
Crosswell resigned in February after top Justice Department official Emil Bove, a close Trump ally who represented him in criminal cases, ordered prosecutors in the public integrity section to push forward with a dismissal of the corruption case against Mayor Adams.
In a resignation letter posted in February by the Washington Post, Crosswell wrote, “I cannot fathom how anyone would do this to the public servants he is supposed to be leading. And the damage done was not limited to two offices — it appalled prosecutors throughout the Department and our alumni.”
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A trial attorney who resigned in the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams will appear at an event Monday being organized by congressional Democrats.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) are orchestrating a so-called shadow hearing to question former Justice Department official Ryan Crosswell, an attorney who resigned after the department moved to drop corruption charges against Adams.
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