https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/398025\/the-logoff-donald-trumps-fbi-purge-law-doj<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“the Department of Justice moved to fire several senior FBI executives \u2014 including the head of the Washington field office. Additionally, DOJ is demanding a list of FBI personnel who investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.”<\/p>\n
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“I asked two scholars of FBI history if there was any precedent for this. Both said no. Agents can be fired for corruption or incompetence after a review, but a mass firing for participating in an investigation is unheard of, they said.”<\/p>\n
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“The firing of top officials could make the FBI less effective in critical areas such as counterterrorism. And mass firings of FBI staff involved in the January 6 investigation would serve as a warning to bureau employees about what happens if they investigate Trump\u2019s political allies, corroding the independence the agency depends on to enforce federal law.”<\/p>\n
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