U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired her ethics adviser on Friday in a brief termination memorandum that offered no explanation for the decision, according to a copy of the memo shared by ousted government attorney himself.

Joseph W. Tirrell's still-active bio said he began serving as Director of the Departmental Ethics Office in 2023, after working more than 15 years at the DOJ, including a stint as acting director.

In a Monday post on LinkedIn, Tirrell shared a copy of his termination letter and also remarked at length on his firing, pointing out that he was "responsible for advising" Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's former criminal defense attorney , "directly on federal employee ethics."

Tirrell was also tasked with "ensuring that the 117,000

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