FBI in ‘battle’ with Trump amid purge of officials, top agent warns staff
by Anna Betts in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6V0W7)
James E Dennehy vows to dig in' as president targets bureau officials over January 6 investigations
The assistant director at the FBI's New York field office reportedly told staff in an email that they were in the middle of a battle" and that it was time for him to dig in" as the Trump administration targets bureau officials who investigated the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy," wrote James E Dennehy, who has led the New York field office since last September, in an email viewed and reported by the New York Times.
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