The assistant director at the FBI’s New York field office reportedly told its 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 is looking after 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 and honest people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs as per 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.
The email came after the U.S. Justice Department’s recent directive to the FBI asking to compile the list of names of bureau personnel involved in investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The justice department also informed FBI directives last week that eight senior executives at the office faced termination.
Since Trump’s inauguration on January 20, at least nine FBI officials have been forced out. In his email to staff, Dennehy reportedly said that termination had spread “fear and angst within the FBI ranks.”
He referred to those who had departed the office as “extraordinary individuals,” adding: “I mourn the forced retirements.”
Moreover, Dennehy added that he is committed to supporting his staff, urging them to remain calm and avoid making hasty career decisions.
He also reportedly made it clear that he had no intention of stepping down.
“Time for me to dig in,” he added.
Dennehy, who served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps for more than six years before joining the FBI as a special agent in 2002, reportedly also praised the two top acting FBI officials, Brian Driscoll and Robert Kissane, in the email for “fighting” for the agency’s employees.
Dennehy compared the current situation to his experience as a marine in the early 1990s. He recalled digging a small 5ft-deep foxhole where he hunkered down for safety.
The uncertainty and turmoil at the FBI come as last week, the justice department fired over a dozen federal prosecutors involved in the two criminal cases against Trump, reportedly at the direction of the White House.
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