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It was not clear how many agents might ultimately be affected, but officials are working to identify potentially hundreds for possible termination, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private personnel plans.
Of specific interest in their review were agents who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and his alleged mishandling of classified documents, the people said. One person said agents involved in building cases against rioters in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol also were being considered for termination.
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If a president hypothetically wanted a Gestapo-like police force, seems that eliminating any factions that chose duty over “dear leader” would be an obvious first step. And, in that hypothetical, eliminating a lot of the force at the top would allow them to promote underlings that seem most inclined to be “Yes men”.Knee-cap national security; increase risk of terrorism; watch terrorist attacks occur; respond with fascist authoritarian brutality, in the name of national security