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Prosecutors Kurt Olsen and at least six others have resigned from a Trump-led conspiracy investigation in Florida’s Southern District. The departures follow Joseph diGenova’s resignation earlier this month and cast doubt on the future of an inquiry into alleged plots against former President Donald Trump by intelligence officials, including Barack Obama's CIA Director John Brennan. Sources indicate that the investigation has been stalled for months due to lack of evidence, despite its high-profile status under Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-28,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Kurt Olsen, a prominent election denier and supporter of former President Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election, has resigned from his position at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. This comes weeks after another high-profile ally, Joe diGenova, also stepped down amid tensions over how the case was being handled. The departures deal a significant blow to the Justice Department’s “grand conspiracy” investigation, which had been tasked with probing whether US intelligence and law enforcement officials were part of a years-long plot against Trump. Sources close to the probe indicate that the resignations raise doubts about the future direction and viability of the long-running inquiry in Miami. The departures follow months of uncertainty as prosecutors expressed concerns over the strength of evidence supporting the conspiracy theory.
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Longtime Trump loyalist Kurt Olsen and at least six other prosecutors have departed the so-called 'grand conspiracy' investigation in the Southern District of Florida - delivering a major blow to the Justice Department's long-running probe.
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loyalist → sign → probe
News of the departures, first reported by the Daily Mail, follows weeks of uncertainty over the fate of the investigation in Miami following the abrupt resignation of Trump ally Joseph diGenova earlier this month.
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News → report → diGenova
DiGenova had been tapped by Attorney General Todd Blanche in April to probe whether US intelligence and law enforcement officials, including former President Barack Obama's CIA Director John Brennan, were part of a years-long plot against Donald Trump.
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officials → tap → Trump
News of their exits casts fresh doubt as to next steps in the wide-reaching investigation in Florida - which sources previously told the Daily Mail had been hitting dead ends for 'months.'
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sources → cast → months
It was not immediately clear what, exactly, prompted Olsen's resignation from the probe, or if his departure was tied to others who had departed as of Monday evening.
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who → prompt → evening
A source familiar with the matter told the Daily Mail the total number of departures was between seven and eight.
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number → tell → departures
Neither the Justice Department nor the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida immediately responded to the Daily Mail's request for comment.
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Department → respond → comment
Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks on stage on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention
Attorney Joe diGenova, a longtime Trump ally, was tapped to oversee the investigation in the Southern District of Florida
President Donald Trump, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi and then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speak to reporters at the White House
The Daily Mail had exclusively reported last week that the so-called grand conspiracy probe was on the rocks - though DOJ officials had insisted the investigation would continue.
Maria Medetis Long, a senior career prosecutor, was reportedly taken off the case earlier this year after she expressed concerns about the strength of the evidence.
A coterie of Trump-friendly names was assigned to the probe instead, including longtime Trump ally Joseph diGenova, and Kurt Olsen, a former White House official and 2020 election denier.
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coterie → speak → diGenova
As of this writing, both diGenova and Olsen are gone.
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diGenova → go → writing
Olsen did not immediately respond to the Daily Mail's request for comment.
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Olsen → respond → comment
The Daily Mail previously reported that the probe in Miami had been hitting dead ends for months - suggesting that the so-called 'grand conspiracy' probe that the president has obsessed over, publicly and privately - for the better part of the last six years – is all but dead.
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president → report → years
This case was initiated to make the president and the public think something is happening down there, when in reality, it's not,' one DOJ official told the Daily Mail last week.
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official → initiate → Mail
A DOJ official disputed the notion that the case in Florida is stalled and has no support from Main Justice.
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case → dispute → Justice
Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter and another attorney traveled down to Florida after DiGenova's departure to check in on progress, a law enforcement official told the Daily Mail last week.
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official → act → Mail
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