A friend-of-the-court brief filed Monday was signed by 27 onetime members of the JAG corps across five military services.
Two former FBI agents, who were fired by President Trump last year, will testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee panel on their involvement in a probe of the 2020 presidential election. The hearing comes after two ex-agents, who were unnamed, sued the Trump administration after they said they were fired "solely" based on their work on investigations that involved the president, including "Arctic Frost." The suit is the latest to challenge widespread firings at the Justice Department, including one brought by former acting FBI director Brian Driscoll, who resisted firing agents who worked alongside special counsel Jack Smith on Trump’s cases. It also follows criticism from some Republicans after an unclassified document from the…
The ex-agents filed a 1st Amendment complaint, alleging the bureau retaliated against them for perceived political affiliations.
The firings are part of a rolling barrage of retribution aimed at those who worked on the two federal prosecutions of President Trump.
The document raises new questions for congressional investigators about why the FBI failed to heed its own warnings ahead of the Capitol riot and whether it provides further evidence there was a double standard in federal prosecutions, with more lenient treatment granted to political allies.