The Trump administration plans to examine thousands of FBI agents involved in the January 6 surveys, preparing the way for a possible purge which goes far beyond the managers of the office to target the basic agents, according to internal documents and people familiar with the issue.
The proposal came one day when more than a dozen prosecutors at the American prosecutor’s office in Washington who had worked on cases involving the January 6 riot were informed that they were dismissed.
The movements were a powerful indication that Mr. Trump has little scruples deploying the colossal power of the federal police to punish the perceived political enemies, even if his cabinet candidates offered sober insurance that they would respect by the rule of law. Force to get out of the agents and prosecutors who worked in the business of January 6 would be equivalent to a large -scale assault against the Ministry of Justice.
On Friday, the acting leaders of the department asked the FBI to notify more than half a dozen high-ranking career officials they have been faced, according to a copy of an internal note obtained by the New York Times.
The acting vice-prosecutor, Emil Bove, also told the acting management of the FBI to compile a list of all FBI agents and staff “assigned at any time to surveys and / or prosecution” concerning the Capitol events on January 6 on January 6. , 2021 – The day when a crowd of Trump supporters stormed the corridors of the congress.
