Nine fired FBI employees sue over removal after Trump documents case work
Nine former FBI employees who worked on the Trump classified documents investigation sued on Thursday, saying their firings were unlawful.
Nine former FBI employees who worked on the investigation into President Trump's handling of classified documents filed suit Thursday. They say they were unlawfully fired.
NBC News reports the suit names FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche. The Hill reports the plaintiffs sued the Justice Department. Outlets differ on how they describe the group: NBC and CBS say employees, ABC and The Hill say agents, and PBS refers to agents and analysts.
The Hill reports the plaintiffs allege they were fired solely because of their work on the Mar-a-Lago documents case. Their attorneys argue that merely having worked on the Trump investigation settled their fate, according to The Hill. PBS reports the plaintiffs want their jobs back.
PBS describes the underlying case. It led to the 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, which recovered classified records. It later produced a federal indictment in Florida charging Trump, then a former president, with dozens of felony counts.
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- NBC NewsFBI employees involved in Trump classified documents case sue over ‘unlawful’ firingsThu, Oct 15, 1:47 PM EDT
- CBS News9 fired FBI employees who worked on Trump documents case sueThu, Oct 15, 2:15 PM EDT
- PBS NewsHourFBI agents and analysts who were fired for working on Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs backThu, Oct 15, 3:26 PM EDT
- ABC News9 former FBI agents who worked on Trump classified docs case sue over their firingsThu, Oct 15, 4:49 PM EDT
- The Hill9 former FBI agents sue, saying they were wrongly fired over Mar-a-Lago caseThu, Oct 15, 5:45 PM EDT
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