FBI agents who worked on Trump and January 6 cases could face dismissal

Trump loyalists to consider purge of potentially thousands of agents as senior bureau executives also under threat

Donald Trump's political appointees at the justice department will consider in the coming weeks whether to purge a large number of FBI agents who worked on the criminal cases against the president and cases against rioters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

The move comes as the justice department on Friday also told FBI leadership that eight senior executives at the bureau - including those overseeing national security, cybersecurity and counter-terrorism - needed to be fired, unless they retired beforehand.