US Justice fires nine more employees from Jack Smith's team, sources say
At least two of the people fired were prosecutors who most recently worked in other U.S. Attorney's offices in Florida and North Carolina, three of the sources told Reuters.
The other seven people served as support staff to Smith's team, according to two other sources.
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