A wire connector assembly for an electrical device such as a circuit breaker. The assembly includes a housing with electrically conductive fixed and spring contacts located therein and between which a wire may be secured. The spring contact includes a rotatable arm that is biased toward the fixed contact. An electrically non-conductive release actuator is located within the interior of the housing and is rotatable between a first position and a second position when a linear force is applied thereto. When the release actuator is in the first position, a first end of the release actuator is remote from the fixed contact and the spring contact. When the release actuator is moved to the second position, the first end of the release actuator is rotated to be located partially between the fixed contact and the spring contact, opening a gap therebetween and from which the wire may be removed.