The Department of Justice under President Trump is swinging a broom through its ranks, sweeping out prosecutors accused of weaponizing the law against him and his supporters. Attorney General Pam Bondi, leading the charge, fired Ahmed Baset on June 9, 2025, signaling a no-nonsense approach to restoring impartiality, reported the New York Post. It’s a bold move that’s got the left clutching their pearls.
Bondi’s purge targets prosecutors linked to the Biden administration’s legal crusades, including Baset, who was ousted from the DOJ’s antitrust division. He played a key role in Jack Smith’s special counsel probe, which sought to lock up Trump but fizzled out. The message is clear: political vendettas disguised as justice won’t fly anymore.
Baset’s resume includes a particularly creative flourish—dusting off a Civil War-era “seditious conspiracy” charge to go after Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. These were the folks caught up in the January 6, 2021, Capitol chaos, often slapped with what critics call inflated misdemeanor charges.
The Trump administration didn’t waste time, kicking off its DOJ cleanup the moment it took office. Prosecutors who hounded Trump and his base are now packing their bags. It’s a housecleaning that’s long overdue, if you ask the MAGA crowd.
Baset wasn’t just any prosecutor; he was a cog in the machine that tried to bury Trump under a mountain of legal troubles. The Jack Smith investigation, where Baset cut his teeth, aimed high but landed low, failing to put Trump behind bars. The conservative base sees this as poetic justice.
“One of the Trump Administration’s first actions upon entering office was dismissing the glut of weaponized prosecutors from the DOJ,” an insider dished. They’re not wrong—Baset’s firing is just the tip of the iceberg. The DOJ’s getting a reality check, and it’s about time.
The insider didn’t stop there, pointing fingers at prosecutors who “used glorified misdemeanors to prosecute [Trump’s] supporters for the indignity of being at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.” It’s a sore spot for conservatives, who argue the Biden DOJ turned a protest into a witch hunt. The narrative’s shifting, and the left’s not happy.
Baset’s use of that “seditious conspiracy” charge raised eyebrows, not just for its historical flair but for its heavy-handedness. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers faced the brunt, with many conservatives crying foul over what they see as selective prosecution. The DOJ’s old playbook is getting torched.
Trump’s team isn’t just stopping at firings; they’re dismantling a culture of lawfare that targeted the former president and his allies. The Biden-era DOJ’s tactics—raiding Trump’s home over classified documents, for instance—smacked of overreach to many on the right. Bondi’s crew is rewriting the script.
Speaking of that raid, the insider spilled more tea: “The same people who raided the home of a former President and tried to incarcerate him for possessing classified information.” It’s a reference to the Mar-a-Lago search, which conservatives still fume over as a political hit job. The hypocrisy, they argue, is thicker than a D.C. fog.
Baset’s role in the Smith probe tied him to that classified documents saga, which aimed to pin Trump down but ended in a legal quagmire. The Trump base sees these firings as a middle finger to a DOJ that played dirty. They’re cheering, and who can blame them?
The purge isn’t just about settling scores; it’s about restoring trust in a justice system many conservatives feel was hijacked. Bondi’s moves are a signal to the rank-and-file DOJ: play fair or pack up. It’s a gamble, but one the administration’s betting on.
For Trump supporters, this is more than a personnel shake-up; it’s a reckoning for a DOJ they view as corrupted by partisan agendas. The firing of Baset and others is a step toward draining a swamp that’s been murky for years. The left, predictably, calls it revenge; the right calls it justice.
Ahmed Baset’s exit on June 9, 2025, marks a turning point, but the road ahead is long. The DOJ’s got a lot of housecleaning left, and Bondi’s not shy about wielding the broom. Conservatives are watching, hopeful for a system that serves the law, not politics.
The question now is how far this purge will go and whether it’ll reshape the DOJ into an institution the MAGA base can trust. One thing’s for sure: the Trump administration’s not messing around. Stay tuned—this story’s just getting started.
