FBI & US Attorney Catch-All

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“The FBI’s 13,700 agents were supposed to respond by 3 p.m. Monday to a 12-question survey regarding what role, if any, they played in the Jan. 6 investigation.

The order came from Emil Bove, formerly a federal prosecutor and one of President Donald Trump’s criminal lawyers until his client appointed him acting deputy attorney general.

… Bove initially wanted FBI acting director Brian Driscoll to provide a list of all those who had participated in the 1,000–plus individual cases.

Driscoll was supposed to have been the acting assistant director, but an Inauguration Day White House press release mistakenly switched his name with that of the intended acting director, Robert Kissane, according to The Wall Street Journal. Rather than admit and correct the error, the White House let it stand.

As an acting director by accident, Driscoll’s position was precarious enough that he might have been expected to simply comply. But Driscoll was still a stand-up FBI agent by whatever title, and he refused. Bove sought to assemble his own list by sending out the survey. …”
 
altmin said:
Now that thousands of FBI agents are about to be purged, wonder how many terror attacks are going to get through
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No problem. Trump will blame it on DEI and every Trump voter will believe it and echo it.
 
altmin said:
Now that thousands of FBI agents are about to be purged, wonder how many terror attacks are going to get through
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The public doesn't know anything about 70% of the cases worked for good reason. The chances of terror attacks from both domestic and foreign actors is going up significantly. I know dozens of agents that may step down.
 

FBI agents try to block Justice Dept. effort to examine Trump, Jan. 6 cases​

Using information about cases involving Jan. 6 or President Donald Trump to fire FBI employees would be unlawful and retaliatory, attorneys for nine agents said.

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"...Attorneys for the agents, who filed suit anonymously in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said any effort to use that information as a basis to fire FBI employees would be unlawful, retaliatory and a violation of civil service protections.
They also raised concerns that administration officials might make public the names of agents involved in those cases, “placing themselves and their families in immediate danger of retribution by the now pardoned and at-large Jan. 6 convicted felons.”

Each of the plaintiffs in the suit worked either on a Jan. 6 case or the investigations into Trump’s alleged efforts to block the 2020 election results and his alleged mishandling of classified documents after his first term as president, their lawsuit states. They are seeking class-action status to represent roughly 6,000 affected agents nationwide.

The lawsuits seeks to bar the Justice Department from any “aggregation, storage, reporting, publication or dissemination” of any list or compilation of agents that would identify agents and other personnel.

“The very act of compiling lists of persons who worked on matters that upset Donald Trump is retaliatory in nature, intended to intimidate FBI agents and other personnel, and to discourage them from reporting any future malfeasance by [the president] and his agents,” wrote attorneys Pamela M. Keith and Scott M. Lempert of the Center for Employment Justice.

Interim FBI leadership had a noon deadline Tuesday to hand over details on the work of potentially thousands of agents and employees across the country who worked on cases involving rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. ..."
 


“… The agents, who worked on Jan. 6-related criminal cases and the classified documents case, warned that by publishing their names, Trump’s allies would be creating what’s tantamount to a hit list for pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists seeking revenge.

The agents “reasonably fear that all or parts of this list might be published by allies of President Trump, thus placing themselves and their families in immediate danger of retribution by the now pardoned and at-large Jan. 6 convicted felons,” the class action lawsuit reads.

The second put it more bluntly, asking for the “court’s protection from [the DOJ’s] anticipated retaliatory decision to expose their personal information for opprobrium and potential vigilante action by those who they were investigating.” In the complaint, national security lawyer Mark Zaid detailed that he is representing “special agents, forensic examiners, a forensic chemist, and an intelligence analyst.” Those employees are being backed by the FBIAA, a 14,000-member nonprofit that represents current and former agents. …”

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Meanwhile a J6 convict is arguing that Trump’s pardon includes his other indictment for trying to kill the FBI agent who investigated him …
 
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“… The agents, who worked on Jan. 6-related criminal cases and the classified documents case, warned that by publishing their names, Trump’s allies would be creating what’s tantamount to a hit list for pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists seeking revenge.

The agents “reasonably fear that all or parts of this list might be published by allies of President Trump, thus placing themselves and their families in immediate danger of retribution by the now pardoned and at-large Jan. 6 convicted felons,” the class action lawsuit reads.

The second put it more bluntly, asking for the “court’s protection from [the DOJ’s] anticipated retaliatory decision to expose their personal information for opprobrium and potential vigilante action by those who they were investigating.” In the complaint, national security lawyer Mark Zaid detailed that he is representing “special agents, forensic examiners, a forensic chemist, and an intelligence analyst.” Those employees are being backed by the FBIAA, a 14,000-member nonprofit that represents current and former agents. …”

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Meanwhile a J6 convict is arguing that Trump’s pardon includes his other indictment for trying to kill the FBI agent who investigated him …
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Thanks to all who voted for Trump! Really appreciate it.
 
nycfan said:


“… The agents, who worked on Jan. 6-related criminal cases and the classified documents case, warned that by publishing their names, Trump’s allies would be creating what’s tantamount to a hit list for pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists seeking revenge.

The agents “reasonably fear that all or parts of this list might be published by allies of President Trump, thus placing themselves and their families in immediate danger of retribution by the now pardoned and at-large Jan. 6 convicted felons,” the class action lawsuit reads.

The second put it more bluntly, asking for the “court’s protection from [the DOJ’s] anticipated retaliatory decision to expose their personal information for opprobrium and potential vigilante action by those who they were investigating.” In the complaint, national security lawyer Mark Zaid detailed that he is representing “special agents, forensic examiners, a forensic chemist, and an intelligence analyst.” Those employees are being backed by the FBIAA, a 14,000-member nonprofit that represents current and former agents. …”

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Meanwhile a J6 convict is arguing that Trump’s pardon includes his other indictment for trying to kill the FBI agent who investigated him …
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“FBI officials have complied with demands to provide the Justice Department with details of thousands of employees who worked on investigations related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, according to people familiar with the situation.

… More than 5,000 employee details were submitted, including employee ID numbers, job titles and their role in the January 6 investigations, sources said, but not their names. There are more than 13,000 agents and 38,000 total FBI employees.

Meanwhile, officials dispatched by Elon Musk have been seen at FBI headquarters. Musk has headed up efforts by President Donald Trump’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

… Groups representing current and former agents reached out to congressional Republicans to urge the White House to abide by Patel’s promise in his Senate hearing last week that agents wouldn’t face political retribution for working on cases they were assigned.

Patel also indicated there would be a process to review the work of agents.

… The top agent in the FBI’s New York field office, meanwhile, told his colleagues he’s digging a “foxhole” to protect them.

“Do NOT resign or offer to resign,” the FBI Agents Association told members in an email obtained by CNN.

“While we would never advocate for physical non-compliance, you need to be clear your removal is not voluntary.”

… The chief judge of DC’s federal trial court granted the requests of anonymous public employees in multiple cases against the Trump administration to move forward in the proceedings using pseudonyms.

In granting the requests – two of them, in separate cases brought by FBI employees against the Justice Department, and a third, in a legal challenge brought by federal employees against the Office of Personnel Management – Chief Judge James Boasberg pointed to concerns raised by their lawyers that the employees faced risks of harassment and threats by suing Trump. …”
 


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But the memo from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove also provides no reassurances for any agents found to have “acted with corrupt or partisan intent” and suggests those employees, if there any, have reason to be concerned about a massive and highly unusual review process the Trump administration Justice Department is embarking upon to identify what it says is potential misconduct.

The message from Bove, which also accuses acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll of “insubordination,” is aimed at providing a measure of clarity following days of turmoil and uncertainty inside the bureau as a result of an extraordinary Justice Department demand on Friday for the names of agents who participated in the investigations. Many within the FBI had seen that request as a precursor for mass firings.

“Let me be clear: No FBI employee who simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner with respect to January 6 investigations is at risk of termination or other penalties,” wrote Bove, who was previously part of Donald Trump’s legal team in his criminal cases. “The only individuals who should be concerned about the process initiated by my January 31, 2025 memo are those who acted with corrupt or partisan intent, who blatantly defied orders from Department leadership, or who exercised discretion in weaponizing the FBI.” …”

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So you are all under suspicion and we will tell you later what we decree is discretion in weaponizing the FBI or corrupt or partisan intent”.
 
nycfan said:


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But the memo from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove also provides no reassurances for any agents found to have “acted with corrupt or partisan intent” and suggests those employees, if there any, have reason to be concerned about a massive and highly unusual review process the Trump administration Justice Department is embarking upon to identify what it says is potential misconduct.

The message from Bove, which also accuses acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll of “insubordination,” is aimed at providing a measure of clarity following days of turmoil and uncertainty inside the bureau as a result of an extraordinary Justice Department demand on Friday for the names of agents who participated in the investigations. Many within the FBI had seen that request as a precursor for mass firings.

“Let me be clear: No FBI employee who simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner with respect to January 6 investigations is at risk of termination or other penalties,” wrote Bove, who was previously part of Donald Trump’s legal team in his criminal cases. “The only individuals who should be concerned about the process initiated by my January 31, 2025 memo are those who acted with corrupt or partisan intent, who blatantly defied orders from Department leadership, or who exercised discretion in weaponizing the FBI.” …”

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So you are all under suspicion and we will tell you later what we decree is discretion in weaponizing the FBI or corrupt or partisan intent”.
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“… Under the Biden administration, the Justice Department filed criminal charges against Hamas’ leaders in connection with the killings and kidnappings on Oct. 7. The case was brought under seal in federal court in New York in February 2024 and made public in September. Four of the six men charged in the case are believed to have been killed by Israel.

Last week, the Justice Department asked the FBI for the names of all its personnel involved in that case. DOJ spokespeople have not responded to queries about why that information is being gathered. …”

 
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