Another Trump loyalist helping lead probe into Trump investigations resigns
Summary
Kurt Olsen, a supporter of President Donald Trump, resigned from the Justice Department. He was involved in a controversial investigation into people who looked into Trump’s political opponents, joining others who recently left the probe.Key Facts
- Kurt Olsen resigned from the Justice Department’s "grand conspiracy" probe in Southern Florida.
- Olsen is known for denying the results of the 2020 election and had no previous prosecutorial experience.
- Joe diGenova, another Trump supporter involved in the probe, resigned weeks earlier, citing pressure to bring unsupported charges.
- Several other prosecutors working on this investigation have left the South Florida U.S. attorney’s office recently.
- The investigation focuses on intelligence officials and others who looked into President Trump and his associates from 2016 through the investigations after he left office.
- The probe is based on a legal theory involving civil rights violations called "deprivation of rights under color of law," which some legal experts question.
- People involved, like former CIA Director John Brennan, have been asked to testify before a grand jury.
- Additional attorneys were recently added to assist in the investigation.
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