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Officials allegedly resisted Trump administration’s request for agent identities
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
The FBI has fired former Acting Director Brian Driscoll along with other top agents tied to the January 6 investigations and probes involving President Donald Trump, according to a Thursday report from CNN.
Driscoll, who served as acting FBI director prior to the confirmation of current Director Kash Patel, was removed alongside Steve Jensen, acting director of the Washington Field Office, and Special Agent Walter Giardina. Giardina had been involved in the high-profile pursuit of former Trump advisor Peter Navarro.
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According to CNN, multiple sources said that Driscoll had initially resisted efforts by the Trump administration to produce a list of FBI personnel who worked on Capitol riot-related cases. Those individuals are now being dismissed, as the administration moves to reassert control over the bureau’s senior ranks.
“Two senior FBI officials, including one who initially resisted the Trump administration’s effort to gather the names of agents who worked on cases related to the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, are being fired,” CNN reported. “The administration has also fired other agents in the bureau this week who were perceived to be opposed to Trump in the past.”
Earlier this year, Driscoll reportedly declined to hand over a list of agents tied to January 6 and Trump-related investigations, delaying cooperation with the Department of Justice. NBC News previously revealed that more than 2,400 cases tied to the Capitol incident had involved approximately 5,000 FBI employees.
Agents were identified through a case management system using what is called a “unique employee identifier.” While that system omitted agent names, the Justice Department could match identifiers to actual individuals via payroll records.
NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian said, “The Justice Department, of course, can match the numbers with names on the payroll. But by leaving the names off, the FBI ensure[d] that for now there is not a master list floating around of the names of people who worked on January 6th.”
