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Hugo Lowell in Washington

FBI agents assigned to January 6 cases sue Trump DoJ over retaliation fears

The FBI building
Flags fly over an entrance to FBI headquarters in Washington. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Two groups of unnamed FBI agents sued the justice department on Tuesday to block it from collecting information on thousands of agents and other employees who worked on the criminal investigations against Donald Trump and cases against January 6 US Capitol riot defendants.

The lawsuits came after Emil Bove, the acting deputy attorney general, ordered the FBI to compile and turn over a list of every agent who worked on those cases and their roles, which would then be reviewed for personnel decisions.

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