Saturday, February 1, 2025

FBI agents being reviewed for possible mass firings, people familiar say - The Washington Post

"What this administration is doing is they are acting so recklessly and with disregard to any laws or norms, they are making a ton of errors in order to satisfy their outspoken base that seek retribution," Zaid said. "And they are creating a lot of legal claims." 

The ranks of those told this week to leave the FBI or be fired included several executive assistant directors as well as special agents in charge of some of the bureau's field offices across the country. It is highly unusual for senior staffing changes to be made while there is interim leadership in place at the FBI, a law enforcement agency that is supposed to be insulated from politics. 

But a mass purge of field agents, the front line investigators in FBI cases, would signal an even greater escalation — and would contradict recent pledges to avoid such action by Trump's nominees to lead both the FBI and the Department of Justice...

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