The best FBI agent in New York promises to “dig” after moving to the agency

The best agent of the FBI field office in New York promised an email provocative to its staff to “dig” after the Trump administration targeted those involved in the attack on January 6 – and A praised the acting leaders from the office for defending his independence.

“Today, we find ourselves in the midst of an own battle, because good people have come out of the FBI and that others are targeted because they have done their job in accordance with the law and politics of the FBI, “wrote James E. Dennehy, a veteran and a highly respected agent who has run the most important and most important outdoor office since last September.

An FBI spokesperson refused to comment on communications from the internal office.

The email intervened after the Ministry of Justice ordered the FBI on Friday to collect the names of the office staff who helped investigate on January 6, 2021, to attack the Capitol, raising the possibility that the appointments of Mr. Trump are planning to serve managers of the career office, including basic field agents. This number could reach 6,000 – or approximately a sixth of the 38,000 employees of the office, according to the FBI

At least nine high -ranking officials have been forced to go out since the inauguration of Trump, plunging the office into confusion. Mr. Dennehy wrote that these moves had spread “fear and anxiety in the ranks of the FBI”.

Mr. Dennehy urged his employees to remain calm and not make any precipitated decision concerning their career when he undertook to provide them with assistance, no matter what happened.

“It’s time for me to dig,” he wrote.

In an extraordinary gesture, M. Dennehy, a former sailor, praised the two senior officials from the FBI – Brian Driscle and Robert C. Kissane – to “fight” for office workers. The two resisted efforts to immediately oust career employees and pushed an official examination process to delay or mitigate the disturbances, according to people familiar with the situation.