FBI Stops #Resisting Trump's Order and Turns Over List of Agents Assigned to Political Persecution of J6ers

FBI officials were threatening to resign or simply refuse to comply.

No wonder they wanted to keep the information secret.

The FBI under the Criminal Wray and Merrick Garland devoted one seventh of its entire workforce to tracking down the J6ers and putting grandmothers in jail for years.

One seventh.

If one seventh of the organization can be detailed to political persecution, seems like the FBI could afford to lose one seventh of its staff.

CNN:

FBI officials have complied with demands to provide the Justice Department with a list of thousands of employees who worked on investigations related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, according to people familiar with the situation.

The demand has caused consternation among FBI employees who fear it is meant to amass a list of personnel for possible termination by the Trump administration.

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, in a Friday memo with the subject line "Terminations," had given FBI officials a noon deadline Tuesday to submit the names of thousands of agents and analysts. Bove previously ordered the firing of eight senior FBI officials, including those who oversaw cyber, national security and criminal investigations.

More than 5,000 names were submitted, sources said. There are more than 13,000 agents and 38,000 total FBI employees.

Ed Morrissey comments:

The mind boggles at the concept that one-seventh of the FBI workforce went into investigating a riot at the Capitol, for any period of time. Was it worthy of investigation? Absolutely. Should violent protestors have been charged and prosecuted? Absolutely. Should every seventh employee of the only federal law enforcement and counter-intelligence agency have been dedicated to that purpose? Come on, man.

Sorry this post is late. I realized I had a doctor's appointment fifteen minutes before the appointment and had to run just to get there late.

Update: Nine FBI agents are suing, arguing that they shouldn't have to obey the orders of the duly-elected president. They want to hide the names of the J6 persecution squads.

Moreover, the complaint asserts, since being pardoned by Trump, "leaders of the January 6 riot and others have tagged FBI agents who worked on the investigation and prosecutions of those rioters." The complaint notes that "Violent threats against FBI agents who have carried out lawful orders in relation to January 6th or subsequent investigations have been a consistent problem for the FBI for years."

The plaintiffs further assert (citing "credible press reports") that they anticipate a "mass, unlawful termination of Bureau employees who had any involvement in certain investigations related to President Trump, including Jan. 6 cases, and the lawful search of President Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago." They reference a questionnaire directed to certain FBI agents regarding their work related to J6.

Ultimately, plaintiffs assert that they believe Defendants "intend to publicly disseminate the names of those employees who responded to this survey, and/or those employees who the Defendants plan to demote, transfer and/or terminate based on this survey, and/or publicly disseminate employees' responses to the survey questions outlined above."

They request that the court enter an order prohibiting the DOJ and the federal government from disseminating their personal information and rescind what they refer to as "unlawful termination orders."

posted by Ace at 05:28 PM

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