The Justice Department has reassigned key senior officials across multiple divisions as part of a leadership shakeup ahead of the expected confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general,

In the form, Kash Patel said he had participated in an American Bar Association program that promotes diversity. He also played down his role in the Benghazi investigation.

The firings targeted civil servants who were not politically appointed and came without cause or warning, one of those fired said.

Donald Trump named Ed Martin as interim U.S. attorney for Washington, which Republicans have portrayed as a crime-infested hellscape.

Those who have been sidelined at the DOJ headquarters in Washington include senior lawyers in the criminal division as well as the national security division, which in the past has been insulated from shifting political winds, and prosecutors who work on international affairs, which handles extraditions and immigration matters, the sources said.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon barred the Justice Department from sending the report to the heads of the House and Senate judiciary committees.

The Justice Department reassignments involve top career officials in the national security and criminal divisions, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

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