Megyn Kelly predicted Bondi would soon be fired and called her “lazy” on Tuesday—while Patel and Bongino have avoided the same furor.

A 17-year veteran of the Department of Justice is speaking out following her sudden firing on Monday by Attorney General Pam Bondi.Patty Hartman is the fourth person connected to the agency's work on the Jan.

She characterized her dismissal as an indication of a broader destabilization inside the Justice Department and Trump administration. In a social media post this week, she wrote, "We appear to be driving straight into an abyss that holds no memory of what democracy is, was, or should be."

The far-right commentator is calling for the attorney general’s resignation over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

Attorney General Pam Bondi this week fired multiple Justice Department employees who were involved in two federal prosecutions of President Donald Trump during the Biden administration, according to several people familiar with the terminations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retribution.

Sources told CBS News that among those fired were paralegals who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith's office, finance and support staff, and two additional Justice Department prosecutors in North Carolina and Florida.