Fired Prosecutor Will Rosenzweig Sues DOJ Over Trump Criticism, Seeking Reinstatement After 2025 Ouster
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 7
Fired Prosecutor Will Rosenzweig Sues DOJ Over Trump Criticism, Seeking Reinstatement After 2025 Ouster
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 7
Summary
Will Rosenzweig filed suit in federal court in Miami, arguing the Justice Department violated his First Amendment rights when it fired him in September 2025 over years-old blog posts criticizing Donald Trump.
Less than three hours after conservative commentator Natalie Winters publicized the posts and tagged senior DOJ officials, Rosenzweig received an email signed by then Attorney General Pam Bondi terminating him, the complaint says.
The lawsuit seeks reinstatement, back pay and a declaration that the firing was unlawful; Rosenzweig says he had spent five years as a federal prosecutor and was two weeks from trying a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud case.
The case casts his dismissal as part of a broader DOJ purge that has removed prosecutors tied to Trump investigations or viewed as hostile to the administration, while the department declined comment because the litigation is pending.