Anonymous FBI employees filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Justice, alleging that they were asked to fill out a questionnaire about their involvement in the Jan. 6 investigations as a way to identify agents for termination. The lawsuit claims this is politically motivated retribution. Meanwhile, the FBI Agents Association and other groups raised concerns about recent firings and warnings of more to come, citing a lack of transparency and due process. The turmoil began after a DOJ official requested the dismissal of senior FBI officials and a list of all employees who worked on the Jan. 6 or Hamas investigations.
FBI employees and outside groups are raising alarm over recent job terminations at the bureau and the prospect of many more as personnel wait to find out how the Justice Department plans to address thousands in the FBI who worked on
At the same time, the FBI Agents Association, the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, and others brought several recent firings and warnings of more to the attention of Congress on Monday evening in a “These actions, which lack transparency and due process, are creating dangerous distractions, imperiling ongoing investigations, and undermining the Bureau’s ability to work with state, local, and international partners to make America safe again,” wrote the groups, which represent more...
The nine anonymous employees said in their lawsuit that they “reasonably fear” that Trump and Elon Musk allies, as well as pardoned Jan. 6 defendants, will use the list to terrorize them. Bove said in his memo that Trump correctly accused the FBI of committing a “grave national injustice” by carrying out the Jan. 6 investigations in a “weaponized” manner. the DOJ, which oversees the FBI, was uncharacteristically heavy-handed with the more minor Jan. 6 infractions. But Republicans have widely denounced Trump’s decision to pardon violent offenders.
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