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Democrat accuses Trump FBI pick Kash Patel of secretly ordering firings
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has sent a letter to the Justice Department Inspector General accusing Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick for FBI director, of secretly orchestrating the firings of FBI officials.
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FBI says it has discovered 2,400 new JFK-related records
The process of storing and electronically inventorying closed case files from field offices across the country at a central records complex began in 2020, the agency said.
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Trump administration orders list of new FBI recruits, deepening fears of cuts
The Office of Personnel Management asked the FBI for a list of probationary employees, sparking new fears at a bureau that has undergone major changes since Trump retook office.
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Trump pledges to ‘fire some' FBI agents as the bureau faces heat over Jan. 6 cases
President Donald Trump said he intended to fire some of the FBI personnel who worked on Capitol riot cases, asserting without providing evidence that some of them were “corrupt.”
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Bondi ends FBI effort to combat foreign influence in US politics
In a little noticed directive on her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered a halt to a years-old federal law enforcement effort to combat secret influence campaigns by adversaries.
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DOJ official accuses FBI chief of ‘insubordination,' tamps down talk of revenge on agents
A top Justice Department official accused the FBI’s acting leaders of “insubordination” in a Wednesday memo in which he sought to soothe anxiety inside the bureau over the potential for a broad purge of agents involved in investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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FBI agents sue over DOJ effort to ID employees involved in Trump-related probes
Two lawsuits filed Tuesday on behalf of anonymous agents demand an immediate halt to the collection and potential dissemination of names of investigators who participated in probes of the Jan. 6, 2021 riot
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FBI wrestles with a spike in sexual misconduct claims and male-dominated culture
The FBI has recorded a sharp spike in complaints that its own agents and employees have engaged in sexual misconduct, ranging from assault to harassment, despite a pledge by the bureau’s leaders to eliminate the longstanding problem. An Associated Press investigation found the FBI tallied a nearly 50% increase in sexual misconduct allegations since launching an agency-wide crackdown in 2021....
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Trump's FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, insists he has no ‘enemies list'
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is insisting to deeply skeptical Democrats that he did not have an “enemies list” and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president’s adversaries or launch politically motivated investigations.
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Border Patrol agent among 2 dead in Vt. highway shooting near Canada, FBI says
A shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol agent has closed Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, near the border with Canada, state police said.
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Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison. Peltier was denied parole as recently as July and wasn’t eligible for parole again until 2026.
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Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking info on planned Israeli attack on Iran
A former CIA analyst has pleaded guilty to leaking information on a planned Israeli attack on Iran. Asif Rahman, 34, was arrested by the FBI in November weeks after classified documents appeared on the Telegram messaging app.
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WATCH: FBI describes videos New Orleans driver posted online
FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said the man who drove into a crowd of people in New Orleans posted videos online hours before the shooting that detailed a plan to commit another attack on his family.
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Driver speeds through crowd in New Orleans, killing 15 and injuring dozens
The FBI is investigating the New Year’s Day violence as a terrorist attack.
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15 dead, dozens injured after driver plows truck into New Orleans crowd
The attack occurred around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday along Bourbon Street, with crowds in the city ballooning in anticipation for the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame.
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FBI warns sports leagues about organized crime targeting pro athletes
Following a string of burglaries, the FBI is warning sports leagues about crime organizations targeting professional athletes.
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FBI accuses George Mason University student of plotting mass-casualty attack on Israeli consulate in NY
A George Mason University freshman was arrested by the FBI and charged with distributing information about weapons of mass destruction online, after plotting a mass-casualty attack against people at the Israeli consulate in New York, according to court documents.
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New Jersey drones don't appear to pose national security or public safety threat, FBI says
There have been dozens of sightings of what appear to be drones over New Jersey and adjacent areas in recent weeks.
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FBI Director Wray to step down before Trump's inauguration
About a week after Donald Trump announced his intention to replace Wray with Kash Patel, Christopher Wray announced that he will resign from his role as director of the FBI.
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FBI Director Wray says he intends to resign at end of Biden's term in January
FBI Director Christopher Wray told the bureau workforce Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job.