The Trump Justice Department says it has fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.

In termination letters sent to more than a dozen officials, acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not believe they 'could be trusted to faithfully implement the President's agenda.'

The Trump administration has removed the U.S. Justice Department's senior career ethics official from his post, according to a person familiar with the matter, in an action likely to stoke fears about whether the department will be able to remain insulated from political pressures and conflicts,