Post #4380266
2026-08-04 16:28 UTC
An association of thousands of #FBI agents & other groups are backing a lawsuit filed by 3 bureau employees who were fired for their roles investigating #Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
A brief by the FBI Agents Assn is 1 of 5 filed by outside parties in the last week in support of the agents, who were terminated as part of a #purge by FBI Dir #KashPatel targeting employees who investigated #Trump or are perceived as being against the admin.
#law
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-patel-trump-justice-department-74958effbe23df23eccb33a960da4cc3
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@Nonilex@masto.ai 2026-08-04 16:33
Together, the filings, including from fmr #FBI & #DOJ alumni, underscore a concerted & #bipartisan pushback to the waves of terminations that have roiled the FBI in the last 1½ years.… The briefs argue the firings were illegal because agents were denied #DueProcess & punished for perceived political affiliation, & the terminations contradict decades of expectations that the bureau’s “apolitical, professional career corps of agents” can work on sensitive cases w/o putting their careers at risk.