Names of FBI agents who investigated Capitol riots to be handed over to Trump DOJ officials
FBI executives decided they must turn over the names of agents who investigated the Jan. 6 cases to Trump DOJ officials, current and former officials said
FBI executives contemplated resisting Justice Department demands that they turn over the names of FBI personnel involved in Capitol riot cases but ultimately decided they must comply with what lawyers deemed a lawful order, current and former FBI officials told NBC News.
Among the options under consideration was to send only the names of managers and senior executives. But the FBI’s office of general counsel decided that the demand by the Trump Justice Department for all the names was legal and that compliance was not optional.
The FBI Agents Association, a group representing agents, and former FBI Director William Webster sent a letter of protest to congressional leaders condemning the removal of eight senior FBI officials Friday.
“These actions, which lack transparency and due process, are creating dangerous distractions," the letter says, "imperiling ongoing investigations, and undermining the Bureau’s ability to work with state, local, and international partners to make America safe again."
A group representing former FBI agents, the Society of Retired Special Agents, urged its members to call their elected officials to protest the potential punishment or firing of Jan. 6 case agents.
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