DOJ compiles a list of thousands of Jan 6 FBI employees
Acting Deputy AG Emil Bove sought a list of the thousands of FBI employees who worked January 6 cases, for a review to decide on further personnel actions.
What happened
Acting Deputy AG Emil Bove sought a list of the thousands of FBI employees who worked January 6 cases, for a review to decide on further personnel actions.
Why it matters
Career officials are one of the few internal checks on an unlawful or purely political order. Removing them makes refusal less likely the next time. It is tracked here under “Purge prosecutors and FBI agents”; the classification describes the documented institutional risk, not a claim about motive.