The FBI has fired three ranking officials, including the bureau’s former acting director, as part of an internal shake-up that sources said aligns with efforts to remove leadership figures who previously oversaw politically charged investigations into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Brian Driscoll, who served as acting FBI director during the early weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, was dismissed this week and is expected to exit the bureau on Friday, according to multiple reports citing officials familiar with the matter.

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Also dismissed this week was Steven Jensen, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, according to three people with knowledge of the move. His April appointment to the powerful post had drawn criticism from conservatives, including Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, due to Jensen’s past leadership of the FBI’s domestic terrorism operations section during the height of the Jan. 6 response.

Walter Giardina, a third official who played a role in investigating trade adviser Peter Navarro prior to Trump’s second term in office, was also removed from the bureau.

Driscoll’s firing marks a dramatic escalation by the Trump administration in its efforts to remove entrenched career officials from inside the bureau. Driscoll led the bureau before the Senate confirmed Kash Patel as Trump’s permanent pick to head the FBI.

Driscoll later moved into a top role overseeing the Critical Incident Response Group, managing high-risk operations such as hostage rescues and crisis management.

Sources said Driscoll’s removal followed his resistance to orders from then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, now a Senate-confirmed judge on a federal appeals court, to disclose information about FBI employees involved in the bureau’s earlier Capitol riot investigations. At the time, agents feared such disclosures would trigger retribution.

The Justice Department has not publicly commented on either dismissal, and the FBI declined to respond to requests for clarification from the Washington Examiner.

Both Driscoll and Jensen have worked within the bureau for nearly two decades in various assignments. Driscoll previously led the Newark Field Office before his brief elevation to acting director.

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Their firings come amid growing pressure from Trump allies to “clean house” at the FBI and Justice Department, with Republicans repeatedly accusing federal law enforcement of being “weaponized” against conservatives.

The ousters may signal further changes at the bureau’s upper ranks as Trump moves to consolidate control of the federal bureaucracy during his second term.