Several FBI analysts tied to the creation of a 2023 memo warning of a potential threat from Catholic “violent extremists” were fired, according to their lawyer, the latest wave of terminations under the leadership of its director Kash Patel, reported The Associated Press.
The fired
employees included four intelligence analysts and a supervisory analyst. The
FBI declined to comment.
“This
action is manifestly unjust, completely unsupported by the facts, and subverts
standard FBI policy and procedure,” their lawyer, David Laufman, said in a
statement. “These individuals deserved far better for the exceptional and
faithful public service they rendered to protect our country.”
The
January 2023 intelligence product produced by analysts in the FBI’s Richmond,
Virginia, field office emerged as a political flashpoint after it was issued,
with Republicans in Congress repeatedly citing it as part of their broader
contention that the FBI during the Biden administration was targeting
conservatives.
The
firings are part of a broader personnel purge under Patel, a Trump loyalist who
over the last year, has pushed
out dozens of employees who either contributed to investigations of
the president or who were perceived as not in alignment with the
administration’s agenda. The Justice Department has engaged
in similarly sweeping firings of prosecutors since Trump took office
last year.
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