World Aug 07, 2026 · 1 min read

Prosecutor fired over blogposts critical of Trump sues US justice department

Will Rosenzweig’s defunct blog was publicized online by conservative pundit who tagged senior DoJ officialsA federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about Donald Trump sued the justice department on Friday, saying his termination violated his fir...

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Prosecutor fired over blogposts critical of Trump sues US justice department

Will Rosenzweig’s defunct blog was publicized online by conservative pundit who tagged senior DoJ officials

A federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about Donald Trump sued the justice department on Friday, saying his termination violated his first amendment rights.

Will Rosenzweig was two weeks away from trying a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud case when a blog he had written years earlier covering a broad range of topics was publicized online by a conservative political commentator who also included a screenshot of Rosenzweig’s LinkedIn account and tagged senior justice department officials for their awareness.

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