A former Department of Justice prosecutor who played a key role in jailing January 6 defendants turned on the waterworks Tuesday, breaking down in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee after being fired for allowing her partisan politics to influence her prosecutions.
Sara Levine, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, had spent the last four years zealously going after Trump supporters involved in the events of January 6, 2021 — often described by critics as “political persecution.” Now, she’s out of a job and crying about it.
Levine, who testified on Capitol Hill this week, admitted she worked on “about 40 cases” related to January 6. But after President Trump returned to the White House and appointed Ed Martin as Chief of Staff, Levine and 14 other prosecutors were shown the door — a move many conservatives cheered as long overdue justice.
The fired prosecutor choked up while recalling how she found out she’d been terminated. She cited an internal memo authorizing Martin to fire probationary employees involved in J6 prosecutions — a signal that the Trump administration intends to clean house and restore impartiality at the Department of Justice.
Levine’s termination letter reportedly laid it out clearly: her removal was based on “your actions and the prosecution of persons relating to the events that occurred at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
In other words, she was fired for weaponizing her office to target political opponents — something conservatives have long warned was happening under the Biden-era DOJ.
President Trump’s 2025 executive order calling the DOJ’s handling of J6 cases “a grave national injustice” appears to be the driving force behind the firings. The order noted that prosecutors like Levine “hindered the ability of the acting U.S. Attorney Martin to staff his office and further the agenda that the American people elected President Trump to pursue.”
Despite the clear directive from the top, Levine claimed in her teary-eyed testimony that Martin “does not understand the role of a prosecutor,” whining that “U.S. attorneys represent the United States of America, not the president.”
Critics were not sympathetic.
Conservative journalist Nick Sortor posted the video of Levine’s tearful testimony and didn’t hold back, tweeting: *“Cry more, you witch.”* He added, *“If it were up to me, you’d be in JAIL for what you did to J6ers.”*
That sentiment was widely echoed across conservative media. Influencer Sarah Smith wrote, “I have zero sympathy for Sara Levine! What she did was unacceptable!” Sortor replied, “What she did was take political prisoners.”
Indeed, for years under Biden’s DOJ, everyday Americans who protested on January 6 — many of whom committed nonviolent offenses or simply walked into the Capitol — were treated like enemies of the state. Families were torn apart, livelihoods destroyed, and hundreds imprisoned, all while prosecutors like Levine turned their courtrooms into political show trials.
Now that President Trump is back in office, many are calling for accountability — not just for the prosecutors, but for the system that enabled them.
Still, Democrats are circling the wagons. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) rushed to Levine’s defense, accusing Ed Martin of “attacking law enforcement officers” and the prosecutors who went after the so-called “insurrectionists.”
But after years of selective prosecution, biased sentencing, and media-driven hysteria, many Americans are fed up with the political theater. The truth is, it wasn’t just Trump on trial — it was the entire conservative movement.
Now, the tables are turning. And for prosecutors like Sara Levine, who treated Trump voters like criminals for daring to question a broken system, the tears may have only just begun.
Accountability is coming — and this time, it’s not the innocent who will pay the price.
