Washington – FBI’s research on January 6 insurrection of the CapitolThe largest criminal investigation in the history of the agency has potentially gave way to its greatest crisis.
Last week, Trump allies in the Department of Justice ordered the FBI to send a questionnaire throughout the country to identify the personnel who investigated on January 6 and made a list for leadership to review. The movement came After President Trump forgave Around 1,500 defendants of January 6 immediately after assuming the position.
Subsequently, the FBI delivered a list of approximately 5,000 people, which included information such as employee and titles identification numbers.
However, demands Filed by two groups of anonymous agents of the FBI It resulted in a federal judge in Washington, DC, Thursday Blocking temporarily The Department of Justice to reveal information about these agents to any other federal entity or external group until more arguments are heard in the case.
“We simply have many unknowns, and it seems that nobody has our backs,” said one of the agents on that list, who spoke with CBS News on Thursday about the condition of anonymity because they fear reprisals by the new leadership of the Department of Justice.
“Personally, I have lost my dream for this,” said the agent, who investigated multiple cases of January 6.
The agent said that filling the questionnaire was “demoralizing”, and that they felt “defeated.”
“We all feel defeated, and for not, and really for nothing,” added the agent.
The Interim Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove issued the initial directive in a memorandum of January 31. And in a follow -up letter to FBI employees on Wednesday, Bove wrote that “no FBI employee who simply followed the orders and carried out their functions ethically with respect to the January 6 investigations is at risk of termination or other sanctions. “
But the scrutiny and the storm cloud around these FBI employees and their work in cases that showed more than 1,000 statements of guilt and a 100% condemnation rate in jury trials send a chilling message, the agent warned.
The agent also wondered if other agents, in the future, would be allowed to “choose” their investigations based on what they feel “comfortable.”
When asked if the demand for the Trump administration list could scare the agents to take certain cases in the future, they replied: “Absolutely.”
“I mean, we are all human,” said the agent.
In addition, agents who testified or signed their names to public court documents are concerned about the reprisals of the binded riot defendants or their supporters.
“It is almost as if these defendants who were forgive The line, “said the agent.
The FBI agents association, which represents thousands of active and retired agents, said that an agent who was investigating the collision in the mortal air near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, was briefly expelled from that response to complete The questionnaire, and then returned to the locking site.
Scott Macfarlane
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