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Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove sent a memo to the acting FBI director Friday evening directing him to terminate eight FBI employees and identify all current and former bureau personnel ...
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove on Friday fired eight senior FBI officials from agency headquarters, as well as heads of the Miami and Washington, D.C., field offices.
Last week, the FBI’s acting director Brian Driscoll informed staff at the bureau that Bove — who once represented Trump in his criminal cases — asked for a list of FBI agents or other ...
The only other occasion was under "dramatically different circumstances": [42] in 1993 President Bill Clinton fired FBI Director William S. Sessions after a Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility report—published under Clinton's predecessor, George H. W. Bush—accused Sessions of tax evasion and other ethical lapses.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it would not target FBI employees who “simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner” as it reviews the role of all agents ...
Resignation announced by the Department of Justice on January 7, 2021. [25] The New York Times noted that his resignation did not specifically refer to the events of the prior day. [26] Assistant Attorney General (Civil Division) Jody Hunt: September 4, 2018 July 3, 2020 [27] Chief of Staff to the Attorney General February 2017 September 22, 2017
The political drama over the future of the FBI took another turn this week when Christopher Wray announced he will resign as the agency's director by the end of the Biden administration on Jan. 20.
For comprehensiveness, the list below includes, in addition to dismissals and resignations, routine job changes such as promotions (e.g., Gina Haspel from CIA Deputy Director to Director), officials moving to a comparable position (e.g., John F. Kelly from Secretary of Homeland Security to Chief of Staff), and acting or temporary officials ...