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WASHINGTON: Trump administration officials have forced out all six of the FBI’s most senior executives and multiple heads of FBI field offices across the country, current and former FBI officials told NBC News.
They included the high-profile leader of the Washington, DC, field office, which was involved in the prosecutions of President Donald Trump, and federal prosecutors who investigated January 6 rioters, said the NBC News report.
It quoted a congressional aide as saying that the number of prosecutors impacted is roughly two dozen. A letter sent to the fired prosecutors said their removal was based on their role in the January 6 prosecutions. It cited an executive order Trump recently signed that called the January 6 prosecutions “a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years.”
In a separate memo to the FBI workforce, the bureau’s acting director, Brian J. Driscoll, Jr., informed employees that acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, had asked for a list of all FBI employees who worked on January 6 cases for “a review process to determine whether any additional personnel actions are necessary.” “We understand that this request encompasses thousands of employees across the country who have supported these investigative efforts,” Driscoll wrote. “I am one of those employees.”
