Senior FBI official forcefully resisted Trump administration firings

Brian Driscoll refused to assist in the firing of agents involved in January 6th riot cases, pushing back so forcefully that some feared he would be dismissed.

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Senior FBI official forcefully resisted Trump administration firings

Brian Driscoll refused to assist in the firing of agents involved in January 6th riot cases, pushing back so forcefully that some feared he would be dismissed.
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Trump Administration Fires Consumer Bureau Chief Rohit Chopra

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Trump forces out senior FBI officials and January 6 prosecutors

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Multiple senior FBI officials forced out by Trump administration

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Trump administration forces out multiple senior FBI officials and January 6 prosecutors

Trump administration officials have forced out all six of the FBI’s most senior executives and multiple heads of FBI field offices across the country, current and former FBI officials told NBC News.
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Trump Administration Shocks Senior F.B.I. Ranks by Moving to Replace Them

Top officials have been told to retire or be fired in the coming days, fueling fear within an agency that has been a target of President Trump and Kash Patel, his nominee to be F.B.I. director.
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Senior FBI officials were asked to resign or retire, three sources said

These senior officials at FBI headquarters were responsible for overseeing top priorities for the bureau, including national security, criminal and cyber issues, the sources said.
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Kash Patel says FBI wouldn’t seek retribution against Trump opponents; at least five senior agency leaders reportedly demoted or moved – live

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President Donald Trump had been charged with crimes by special counsel Jack Smith in cases related to the 2020 election and classified documents.
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Trump justice department fires officials who worked for prosecutor Jack Smith

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Trump administration fires justice department lawyers who investigated him

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Fired Inspectors General Raise Alarms as Trump Administration Moves to Finalize Purge

The full scope of the Friday night mass firings was coming into sharper view as one fired watchdog official warned of “a never-ending cycle of politicization.”
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Trump administration fires DOJ officials who worked on criminal investigations of the president

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Trump administration pulls security detail from two former officials

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Trump Administration Temporarily Mutes Federal Health Officials

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DOJ threatens to prosecute officials who resist Trump's immigration agenda

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DoJ says it will prosecute officials who resist Trump’s immigration crackdown

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Trump administration fires Coast Guard chief

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Trump administration fires Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan

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Trump announces additional senior White House officials

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