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FBI Fires Former Acting Director and Official Involved in Jan. 6 Probe: Report

UNITED STATES, AUG 7 – FBI removes multiple senior officials perceived as disloyal to the Trump administration amid ongoing January 6 investigations, with thousands of agents identified in personnel reviews, sources say.

  • Two senior FBI officials, including one who initially resisted the Trump administration's effort to gather names of agents involved in the January 6 probe, are being fired.
  • The FBI had provided personnel details about several thousand employees in response to a demand for names of agents involved in the January 6 cases.
  • The FBI has moved under Kash Patel's watch to aggressively demote, reassign or push out agents, with numerous special agents in charge of field offices being told to retire, resign or accept reassignment.
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The Columbian broke the news in Vancouver, United States on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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