US Edition3 fired FBI officials sue Patel, saying he bowed to Trump administration’s ‘campaign of retribution’
Three senior FBI agents allege wrongful dismissals for refusing political loyalty tests, impacting their retirement benefits and raising constitutional concerns, according to a federal lawsuit.
- Three high-ranking FBI officials were fired last month in a campaign of retribution by Director Kash Patel, who bowed to political pressure from the Trump administration.
- Patel indicated to one of the ousted agents, Brian Driscoll, that he knew the firings were likely illegal but was powerless to stop them because the White House and the Justice Department wanted to remove agents who investigated President Trump.
- The lawsuit alleges that Patel's decision to fire the agents degraded national security by firing experienced leaders who were experts in preventing terrorism and reducing violent crime.
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Three former senior officials of the FBI, the US Federal Police, abruptly dismissed in August, accuse in a complaint the FBI director, Kash Patel, of having "politicized" this agency to please its superiors, including President Donald Trump.
Former FBI leaders sue Trump administration over firings
Brian Driscoll, the former acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), along with two other former senior FBI officials, sued the Trump administration and FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday, alleging they were dismissed for political reasons. The three officials said in the lawsuit, filed in a Washington DC federal court, that they were fired by FBI Director Kash Patel in a "campaign of retribution" to purge officials conside…
Three former FBI officials filed a lawsuit against the director accusing him of firing them in a purge.
Fired FBI officials sue Kash Patel, alleging 'campaign of retribution'
Three former high-ranking FBI agents are suing Director Kash Patel in a suit seeking reinstatements to their posts, saying they were fired as part of a retribution campaign directed by highest levels of the Trump administration. Brian Driscoll, who served as acting director before Patel was confirmed, rebuffed early requests to turn over a list of all agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases. He was fired in August, as was Steve Jensen, the assistant d…
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