Trump administration launches another FBI purge

Former acting director Brian Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington Field Office Steven Jensen, and Washington-based Special Agent Walter Giardina were informed they are being fired, according to the two people, who were not authorized to discuss the matter. Formal paperwork is expected to be issued Friday.

Driscoll soon found himself in hot water with top Justice Department officials for resisting their demand for a list of all FBI personnel who worked on Jan. 6-related investigations. Emil Bove, then the acting deputy attorney general, indicated that Driscoll and others had engaged in “insubordination” by refusing to share the roster with their superiors at DOJ.