US EditionFBI employees questioned about involvement in Jan. 6 cases as Justice Department weighs firings
- Thousands of FBI employees involved in Jan. 6 investigations are completing questionnaires about their roles, as the Justice Department considers disciplinary actions, including firings.
- The questionnaires, sent to around 4,000 employees, ask about their office, title, and specific involvement in Jan. 6 inquiries.
- The FBI Agents Association reassured employees that receiving a questionnaire does not imply misconduct and advised them to clarify their actions according to federal law.
- The scrutiny of agents is unusual, as they do not choose cases and have historically not faced discipline for politically sensitive work.
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FBI agents detail J6 role in exhaustive questionnaire employees 'were instructed to fill out'
Questions ranged from agents' participation in any grand jury subpoenas, whether the agents worked or responded to leads from another FBI field office, or if they worked as a case agent for investigations.
Donald Trump’s Justice Department forces out FBI’s top agent in Miami
Less than two years after he was named special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Miami field office, Jeffrey Veltri is out of a job. He was among roughly a dozen top FBI officials who, as part of an effort by President Donald Trump to rid the government of unloyal actors, were told to either resign, retire or face termination. Veltri chose to step down of his own accord, the Miami Herald reported, “citing sources familiar …
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