Several senior agent had resisted the call for a list of ALL the agents that investigated the Jan. 6 Protests…
But have now sent the names in to the parent US Justice Dept., which Felon Trump ‘owns’…
The actual number of agents and prosocutors involved is over 1,500 it is believed….
Some of the Justice Dept people where actually just hired for the Jan. 6 cases and were on probation …
The agents where not and except for a few senior agents, are still working…
I’m sure the Trump people ARE aware of the McCabe /US Govt. settlement.that Trump 1.0 generated …
There are about 10,000 special agents…
And over 100,000 employee’s in the US Justice Dept.
FBI executives contemplated resisting Justice Department demands that they turn over the names of FBI personnel involved in Capitol riot cases but ultimately decided they must comply with what lawyers deemed a lawful order, current and former FBI officials told NBC News.
Among the options under consideration was to send only the names of managers and senior executives. But the FBI’s office of general counsel decided that the demand by the Trump Justice Department for all the names was legal and that compliance was not optional.
The FBI Agents Association, a group representing agents, and former FBI Director William Webster sent a letter of protest to congressional leaders condemning the removal of eight senior FBI officials Friday.
“These actions, which lack transparency and due process, are creating dangerous distractions,” the letter says, “imperiling ongoing investigations, and undermining the Bureau’s ability to work with state, local, and international partners to make America safe again.”
A group representing former FBI agents, the Society of Retired Special Agents, urged its members to call their elected officials to protest the potential punishment or firing of Jan. 6 case agents.
“These employees were assigned to investigate these cases as part of their normal duties,” the message said. “They put their lives on the line every day to protect this country and now the entire FBI workforce is distracted from their important responsibilities.”
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee demanded answers from Trump administration Justice Department and FBI officials about the recent firings and re-assignments of senior officials in both law enforcement agencies, calling it “an alarming threat to national security.”’…
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Multiple federal prosecutors who were fired over their involvement in Jan. 6 cases returned to the U.S. attorney’s office for Washington, D.C., on Monday to drop off their government-owned devices and pick up their belongings.
Acting Washington U.S. Attorney Edward Martin declined to answer questions when he emerged from the building. Martin, a “stop the steal” advocate who was on the grounds of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has spread conspiracy theories about the attack and advocated for Capitol attack defendants.
Soon after Martin left, several of the ousted federal prosecutors emerged from the building with their personal items. The father of one of them gave her flowers.
Hired to take on Jan. 6 cases and help address the office’s large Capitol attack caseload, the prosecutors were on probationary status when they were dismissed Friday evening….
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