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riversedge

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2. "FBI Director Kashyap 'Kash' Patel summarily fired each Plaintiff. No internal investigation, .....

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:22 PM

9 hrs ago

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-agents-fired-lawsuit-trump-2020-election/

The former agents are asking the court to find that their First and Fifth Amendment rights were violated and to reinstate them to their previous jobs.

The firings took place in the fall of 2025, not long after unredacted internal documents from the investigation were released publicly to Congress.

"FBI Director Kashyap 'Kash' Patel summarily fired each Plaintiff. No internal investigation, notice, or hearing preceded their firings. Nor were Plaintiffs presented with any evidence purportedly supporting their firings or given an opportunity to appeal," the former agents allege in the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia...............................

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