The Justice Department is firing "over a dozen" officials who were part of former special counsel Jack Smith's teams that prosecuted President Donald Trump, officials confirmed to ABC News Monday.

Jack Smith, who led the Jan. 6 and classified documents probes into Donald Trump, has formally resigned as special counsel.

AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein Smith resigned prior to Trump taking office and submitted his final report to former Attorney General Merrick Garland. Garland released Vol. 1 of Smith's final report ...

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Special Counsel Jack Smith has resigned days before Donald ... A former war crimes prosecutor, Mr Smith brought two of the four criminal cases Trump faced after leaving office, but saw them ...

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Special Counsel Jack Smith – who oversaw ... office on Jan. 20. AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The report, if released, is expected to detail the 2020 election probe. US Attorney General Merrick Garland ...

The move was made even though rank-and-file prosecutors by tradition remain with the department across presidential administrations and are not punished by virtue of their involvement in sensitive ...