FBI agents sue DOJ to protect J6 case investigators

In an usual move, an anonymous group of FBI agents has decided to sue America's Justice Department in an attempt to prevent Donald Trump and his allies from publicly releasing a list of names of the bureau's employees who worked on the J6 criminal cases.

The lawsuit was filed just before a deadline imposed by Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove. Bove had ordered FBI leadership to turn over a list of every FBI employee who worked to investigate Americans who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

"Plaintiffs assert that the purpose for this list is to identify agents to be terminated or to suffer other adverse employment action," the lawsuit reads. "Plaintiffs reasonably fear that all or parts of this list might be published by allies of President Trump, thus placing themselves and their families in immediate danger of retribution by the now pardoned and at-large Jan. 6 convicted felons."

One of the themes of Donald Trump's second term has been to "drain the swamp," and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is one of the places he's starting.

Recently, "eight top FBI officials in Washington, D.C., and Miami and about 17 federal prosecutors on probationary status who worked on criminal cases related to the Jan. 6 attack" have been fired, according to Newsmax.

Bove demanded the list of all employees who worked on J6 cases when announcing the firings. Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll said that the list would include thousands of employees, including himself.