A top DoJ official trained Pam Bondi on ethics rules in the department. Then he was fired
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Key Points:
- Joseph Tirrell, the Department of Justice’s top ethics official, was abruptly fired via email without explanation on July 11, with the termination notice signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi and containing a misspelling of his name.
- Tirrell had been responsible for overseeing ethics compliance and training senior DOJ officers, but faced resistance from Bondi’s office over ethics rules concerning gifts and other matters, including disputes about accepting commemorative challenge coins, cigars from Conor McGregor, and FIFA World Cup memorabilia.
- Prior to his firing, Tirrell advised Bondi’s office that attending a FIFA club World Cup final would violate ethics rules, yet Bondi was later photographed at the event with former President Trump, raising concerns about impartiality and proper
