FBI Agents Investigating Trump Fired in “Purge”
FBI agents who investigated President Donald Trump were “escorted out” of the Washington field office on Friday, according to reports. The move was part of a larger “purge” of rank-and-file agents and the heads of 20 field offices.
Among those fired was David Sundberg, who was appointed by former FBI Director Christopher Wray to head the D.C. field office in 2022. Additionally, agents reportedly involved in investigating Trump’s classified documents case and his Jan. 6 election interference case were also let go.
The agents were told by Acting Attorney General James McHenry that their role in investigating Trump was the reason for their dismissals. McHenry wrote in an email obtained by CNN, “Given your significant role in prosecuting the President, I do not believe that the leadership of the Department can trust you to assist in implementing the President’s agenda faithfully.”
Trump denied during an Oval Office press conference that he ordered the firings. The heads of the Washington, D.C., Miami, Seattle, New Orleans, and Las Vegas field offices were also removed.
