FBI agent suspended over James Comey perp walk plans

FBI leadership is reportedly in discussions to stage a showy arrest of the bureau's former director next week.

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The agent was suspended for insubordination, according to the BBC's news partner CBS, after the agent found the plan to be inappropriate.

Mr Comey was indicted in Virginia on two federal charges days after Donald Trump called on law enforcement to more aggressively investigate his political adversaries, including Mr Comey.

FBI leadership has discussed sending "large, beefy" agents in Kevlar vests to bring Mr Comey to his court arraignment in Alexandria next week, CBS reports. The BBC has reached out to the FBI.

During a perp walk, law enforcement publicly escort a person accused of a crime as they are transported outside a police station or courthouse, usually in view of media cameras. The practice is common in high profile cases in the US.