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.
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.
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee demanded answers from Trump administration Justice Department and FBI officials about the recent firings and re-assignments of senior officials in both law enforcement agencies, calling it “an alarming threat to national security.”’
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FBI, lead a coup!
> 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.
Amazing times we live in when a group like the SoRSA is among our best hopes
It’s a step back, but it’s still holding the line that the request was run through the process by executives and counsel, not an unsigned email from a college dropout.
[Me to the deep state](https://youtu.be/MFNn8itfCZ4?si=mwsfvFzlEwMEyseQ)
> Ultimately decided they must comply with what lawyers deemed was a lawful order
Did they consider just not fucking doing it anyway
What, are we going to see hospitals handing over the names of trans patients when the time comes because it was also a lawful order?