President Donald Trump's top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., demoted several senior leaders to entry-level positions on Friday as he continued his shakeup of one of the Justice Department's most crucial offices,

Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia, took the action against federal prosecutors who had been involved in Jan. 6 cases.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. on Friday demoted top leadership serving in the fraud, public corruption and civil rights section on Friday, sending them back to serve in entry-level positions, according to three sources familiar and an email seen by Reuters.

President Donald Trump's top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., demoted several senior leaders to entry-level positions on Friday as he continued his shakeup of one of the Justice Department's most crucial offices,

U.S. attorney Martin continues targeting of career prosecutors who probed Trump advisers, Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy, public corruption

At least eight senior federal prosecutors who worked on the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot cases have been demoted to entry-level jobs, according to multiple sources and memos obtained by CNN.

Ed Martin has been described as Trump’s “dangerous and ridiculous" prosecutor. The lawyer seems to be going out of his way to prove his critics right.