FBI agents have filed a lawsuit to block the public identification of any employees who worked the Jan. 6 cases. (Getty Images)
"Some Plaintiffs were required to fill out the survey themselves, others were told that their supervisors would be filling out the form," the lawsuit noted, adding that the employees "were informed that the aggregated information is going to be forwarded to upper management."
"Plaintiffs assert that the purpose for this list is to identify agents to be terminated or to suffer other adverse employment action. 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."
President Donald Trump declined to answer questions on Monday over whether his administration would remove FBI employees involved in the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, telling reporters only that he believes the bureau is "corrupt" and that his nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, will "straighten it out."
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