US EditionTop DC Federal Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro Intervened to Reverse the Firings of at Least 4 FBI Agents. It Was Short Lived.
FBI Director Kash Patel removed four officials tied to Trump probes after scrutiny over his use of a government jet for personal travel, including the official managing the FBI jet fleet.
- On Monday, NBC News reported that FBI Director Kash Patel fired at least four FBI officials tied to investigations into President Donald Trump since Friday.
- Last week, Patel was angered after social-media posts highlighted his use of an FBI jet to visit his girlfriend in State College, Pennsylvania, despite previously criticizing such travel.
- Steven Palmer was removed as head of the critical incident response group overseeing the FBI's jet fleet, and Aaron Tapp, special agent and head of the San Antonio office, was ousted and will retire later this month.
- The personnel changes have left one unit with its third leader since Patel took over, while Ben Williamson, a spokesman for the FBI chief, called headlines `disingenuous and dumb`.
- Public records reveal Patel's jet logs were publicly available and traceable, while government aircraft rules require FBI directors to use official planes and repay for personal trips.
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Top DC federal prosecutor Jeanine Pirro intervened to reverse the firings of at least 4 FBI agents. It was short lived.
DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro intervened Monday to reverse the firings of at least four FBI agents axed in the latest Trump administration purge at the bureau, according to multiple sources familiar with the developments this week.
The FBI has fired four agents who worked on the former Jack Smith team investigating President Donald Trump, although some of those firings were later reversed, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The move is the latest in a series of personnel actions targeting employees who worked on investigations investigating Trump or his allies, the Telegraph reports.
Trump investigations rock FBI as 4 officials ousted in abrupt shakeup: report
At least four more FBI officials with ties to investigations into President Donald Trump have been ousted since Friday, NBC News reported Monday.MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace announced the report during her second hour of her show before a larger discussion about former special counsel Jack Smith."In just the last few minutes, we learned, according to NBC News reporting, at least four more FBI officials who were tied to investigations into Donald T…
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