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Florida federal prosecutor fired after old alleged anti-Trump blog posts surface
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Will Rosenzweig of the Southern District of Florida was fired by email last week when he was off work to observe Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
The firing happened after conservatives published past blog posts attributed to Rosenzweig that criticized President Donald Trump during his first term in office, the Miami Herald reports in a story noted by Law.com.
Conservative political commentator Natalie Winters said in social media posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, Rosenzweig published “vicious attacks on President Trump and his supporters” at his private “Hosts of Error” blog. She cited several alleged comments by Rosenzweig, including claims that Trump was “mentally unfit” and “an institutional terrorist.”
Rosenzweig allegedly wrote the posts while he was an associate at Kobre & Kim. He joined the U.S. attorney’s office in September 2020 while Trump was still in office.
“With his dismissal,” the Miami Herald reports, “Rosenzweig has become the latest of dozens of federal prosecutors fired by Trump’s Justice Department in Washington, New York, Miami and other cities who were believed to be at odds with the president or his political agenda.”
Rosenzweig worked on complex cases in the economic crimes section. He did not immediately respond to the ABA Journal’s request for comment sent with a request to connect on LinkedIn.
The Department of Justice has fired three other federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida who previously worked with former special counsel Jack Smith, who prosecuted Trump for alleged mishandling of classified documents and 2020 election interference. They are Brooke C. Watson, Michael Thakur and Anne McNamara.
Smith spoke at the George Mason University earlier this month in his first public remarks since leaving the DOJ, NPR reports. Smith never referred to Trump by name, but he said he was dismayed by dismissal of career public servants and attacks on the rule of law.
“Political opponents, critics, perceived enemies are targeted for investigation or arrest to silence them, and the prosecutors instead of investigating … cases, they’re left to figure out a basis for charges after the fact,” Smith said.
Days after Smith’s speech, the article notes, U.S. Attorney Erik S. Siebert of the Eastern District of Virginia left his position after Trump pressured him to to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey.
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