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,

WASHINGTON ― Congressional Democrats are demanding answers from the Justice Department about firings and reassignments that have taken place since Donald Trump was sworn in as president last week. While it’s normal for presidential appointees to resign and be replaced when a new president takes power,

Trump's Justice Department says it has fired more than a dozen officials involved in prosecutions of the president.

Corey Amundson, the U.S. Justice Department's senior career official in charge of overseeing public corruption and other politically sensitive investigations, resigned on Monday after the Trump administration tried to reassign him to a new role working on immigration issues,