First on FOX: The head of the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) is cautiously optimistic about the new mints made by US Attorney General Pam Bondy just weeks after President Donald Trump took office.
In an interview this week, FBIAA president and CEO Nicole Campa said he is keen to see if Bondi will work out his pledge to end political weaponization at the FBI and the Department of Justice in an interview with Fox News He told Digital.
The new leadership could reduce some of the people that agents in the heat have felt in recent weeks, she quoted some staff shootings and forced departures, and on January 6th. He said he cited a survey that required agents to detail their roles in the survey.
Campa pointed to the vow that Bondi would not chase Trump's enemies or pursue the so-called “enemy list.”
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“I'm optimistic about her statement moving forward, in that she says she won't target people to simply do their job,” Kampa said. “So I think we're optimistic about moving forward.”
Still, she added, “There is still real concern about compiling the list when we can see something like this and potentially release the name of the agent.”
The FBIAA, a volunteer professional association, represents more than 14,000 active and retired FBI special agents. The agency joined nine anonymous FBI employees earlier this week, suing the Department of Justice for blocking access to records of agents involved in the January 6 investigation, and fears of internal punishment or retaliation, as well as the agent's fear of Or you have cited the threat to the agent's family and should publish their names.
US Judge Jia Cobb, the judge in the case, is expected to take control of the request for emergency differential pressure relief early Friday afternoon.
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The interviews were conducted by a detailed survey sent to thousands of FBI agents asking them to detail their recent terminations at DOJ, forced resignation or retirement of FBI employees, and January 6th to detail their involvement. It comes with rank and file DOJ and FBI employees being rolled. investigation.
Emil Bove, Deputy Attorney General of Justice, tried to ease the fears of FBI agents. He highlighted in a recent email that it was to acquire and confirm the roles the agents played in the January 6th investigation, not intended to portend a mass expulsion of employees. did.
The lawsuit filed this week underscored its intention to ensure that their identities will not be made public and that they will not be retaliated by doing their work.
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Campa highlighted these deep concerns to Fox News, noting that the FBI employee and agent association “hadn't made much clearer about what the list would be used.” I have issued that request.
“So it raised a lot of concern within the department. Mostly over the past few weeks, the US deputy counsel on the investigation has finished and the seventh floor leadership has given an ultimatum to be retired or fired.”
Other former department officials cited similar concerns recently. Expressing fear that mass purging of employees can compromise decades of agency experience across more than 52 field offices with in-depth knowledge of complex issues ranging from counter-terrorism and violent crime to drugs I did. Human trafficking, cartel activities, etc.
“It takes a very long time to hire an agent and it takes a long time throughout the process,” Campa told Fox News Digital, citing the long background check and clearance process, similar to his training in Quantico, Virginia. I did.
“We can't get someone on the street tomorrow and become an FBI agent,” she said. “So when we lose an FBI agent, it's not decades if not to replace it, if not decades, to use terminology thrown in the media, through retirement or some sort of “mass purge.” It takes years and years to experience. “
“That's scary for everyone at the station because we need to have those people stand next to us so we can get this job done.”
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The “best case scenario” controversy as FBI agents' identity is private and permanent leadership establishment for the DOJ and FBI commits to the process of considering the January 6th investigation. It said it is to solve the problem.
“I don't know of any FBI agents who don't support their work, so we welcome reviews of the work,” she said. “But we are concerned that it will be done in a thorough and fair way.”
