The FBI has just admitted that over 5,000 of their agents and analysts worked on January 6 investigations, which came in the form of a release to the Justice Department.
The Acting AG demanded to know the names and roles of agents involved in these investigations:
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.
The demand has caused consternation among FBI employees who fear it is meant to amass a list of personnel for possible termination by the Trump administration.
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, in a Friday memo with the subject line “Terminations,” had given FBI officials a noon deadline Tuesday to submit the details of thousands of agents and analysts. Bove previously ordered the firing of eight senior FBI officials, including those who oversaw cyber, national security and criminal investigations.
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.
Of course, some FBI agents are suing:
But several FBI employees on Tuesday sued the Justice Department, accusing it of violating the Constitution and privacy laws by demanding that agents complete a survey allegedly designed to “purge” bureau personnel. The agents want a federal judge to block the Trump administration from publishing or releasing the surveys or any information included in their answers.
“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 and by Donald Trump and his agents,” the lawsuit alleges.
The survey agents were required to fill out included questions about their positions at the bureau and specific roles in January 6 investigations, including whether they executed arrests, participated in grand jury investigations or testified at trials, according to a copy of the survey included in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit was brought by several anonymous FBI employees as a class-action complaint.
It is unreal that the FBI used this many of their agents and analysts to investigate people who just walked in the Capitol. And all of this under Christopher Wray.
This is why the corrupt FBI needs to have someone at the helm who will restore the top law enforcement agency to its true role, which is to abide by the Constitution and protect Americans from terrorism and other public safety threats. Not going on lawfare fishing expeditions.