JTA — A Justice Department task force meant to investigate the perpetrators of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks has shed much of its staff and resources as the Trump administration has upended the federal judiciary, according to a new report in the Washington Post.

The task force, convened by US Attorney General Pam Bondi shortly after she took office, has struggled to deliver results despite the administration’s stated priority to fight antisemitism. Only one individual has been charged under its auspices so far, a man from Gaza living in Louisiana who allegedly had a hand in planning the attacks.

According to the Post, the task force’s struggles are due at least in part to its top staffers being caught up in US President Donald Trump’s broader purge of Justice Department officials.

One task force member, who had traveled to Israel to gather evidence against Hamas, was later fired because she had participated in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations of Trump. Another was fired for declining to bring charges against Trump targets James Comey, the former FBI........

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