A class action lawsuit brought by nine anonymous agents in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday includes a copy of a three-page survey that Justice Department leadership is using to identify agents who worked on cases involving the president and the prosecution of hundreds of people in connection with the Capitol assault.
Another group of agents in a separate lawsuit are seeking a court’s protection from the “anticipated retaliatory decision to expose their personal information” and for the “potential vigilante action by those who they were investigating.”.
open image in gallery FBI agents who investigated Trump and hundreds of people connected to the January 6 attack are suing the Justice Department over a ‘retaliatory’ campaign to purge them from their jobs ( AP ).
Agents fear that Justice Department leadership, under Trump’s instruction, will use the list to “identify agents and other FBI personnel to be terminated as a form of politically motivated retribution,” according to the first complaint.
The agents claim violations of their First Amendment rights and a breach of federal privacy laws that prohibit the Justice Department from disseminating the identities of FBI personnel.
"Releasing the names of these agents would ignite a firestorm of harassment towards them and their families and it must be stopped immediately.".
“Mr. Patel must answer questions about this unprecedented attack on the FBI before Senators vote on his confirmation. »
