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Kash Patel knowingly broke law when firing top officials, lawsuit alleges
FBI Director Kash Patel knowingly broke the law when he fired senior FBI executives at the behest of the White House and under pressure from Trump allies, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against Patel and the Trump administration alleges.The 68-page complaint was filed by former acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll and two other fired FBI leaders who claim they were the targets of “politically motivated retribution” and are seeking "to vindicate their constitutional and legal rights.”
The suit cites a series of alleged conversations involving Patel and other senior Trump advisers that, if true, show an FBI leadership consumed by the whims of a Trump White House that targeted employees solely for political reasons.
The insider accounts also tend to corroborate earlier reporting about claims that Patel misled the Senate in his January confirmation hearing when he insisted he would never fire or demote bureau staff for political reasons.
“Patel stated that all FBI employees who they identified who had worked on the cases against President Trump would be removed from their jobs, regardless of their retirement eligibility status,” the lawsuit says in describing Driscoll’s account of a conversation with the FBI director. “He then stated that Driscoll needed to understand that ‘the FBI tried to put the president in jail and he hasn’t forgotten it.’”
The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, says Patel acknowledged that firing FBI agents without cause would violate internal FBI rules and federal law — and quotes him as saying he knew he could be sued.
Kash Patel knowingly broke law when firing top officials, lawsuit alleges
A former acting FBI director and two other top bureau leaders say they were targets of political retribution.
Isn't the head of the FBI supposed to be enforcing laws, not breaking them? The loyalty test he imposed is especially problematic.