FBI Agents Association Urges Congress to Protect Jobs Amid Feared Purge
Source: msn/Newsweek
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The FBI Agents Association (FBIAA), which represents more than 14,000 current and former FBI agents, implored Congress to protect agency personnel at risk of being fired over their involvement in investigations related to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
Newsweek reached out to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for comment via email on Monday.
Why It Matters
The letter from the FBIAA comes days after the DOJ fired dozens of federal prosecutors who worked on the sprawling January 6 investigation, which was the largest in department history and resulted in hundreds of convictions and guilty pleas. President Donald Trump later pardoned roughly 1,500 people convicted in the deadly siege.
The FBIAA's letter also comes after the Justice Department instructed thousands of FBI employees over the weekend to fill out detailed questionnaires about the nature of their work on the Capitol riot probe, prompting concerns that the Trump administration could fire thousands of additional agency personnel.
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Link to FBIAA LETTER - https://www.fbiaa.org/joint-letter-to-congress-on-the-fbi/

Ponietz
(3,393 posts)We didnt do our job. We voted for the leopard and now its eating our faces! Save us so we can go on pretending the leopard is benign!
travelingthrulife
(1,444 posts)Maybe you should have arrested from the top down after J6.
MLWR
(85 posts)that if Democrats are ever in charge again, they need to take the entire DOJ out of the executive branch and make it totally independent and not dependent on the good will of the POTUS.
BumRushDaShow
(146,692 posts)but they need to find a way to enact better guardrails and a clear enforcement mechanism (which will be the most difficult thing to craft in order to meet Judicial Branch muster).
As it is, the firing of the IGs for various Departments/agencies, was done illegally (such requires a 45-day notice to Congress, WITH JUSTIFICATIONS, which didn't happen).
C0RI0LANUS
(2,709 posts)
My Dear President Jefferson Davis:
Would you kindly stop bombarding Fort Sumter? Our fellow Americans could get killed. Thanking you in advance,
Your much obliged friend, and humble servant,
A. Lincoln

Mullah Omar, Esteemed Emir of the Taliban:
Would you kindly throw a rope around Osama Bin Laden for me? I reckon that varmint might have had something to do with all this.
Looking forward to jawing with you.
George 'Dubya' Bush

Hey "Bibi" Old Pal,
Do us a big favor and lay off the carpet bombing in Gaza, would you? We got an election to win here and this is not helping Kamala at all against Trumpf. Our best to Sara.
Your old friend,
Joe Biden