The interim director of the FBI, Brian Driscoll, has been asked to leave office before Friday. The official refused to deliver the list of FBI agents who worked on investigations on the assailants to the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The application caused a lawsuit by the FBI staff, who alleged that the list would be used to attack the agents and that it could lead to reprisals. Driscoll, in a final note to the personnel shared on LinkedIn for an ex -manmber of the FBI, said they had not communicated the reason for their dismissal.
“Last night they informed me that tomorrow will be my last day in the FBI. I understand that they can have many questions about the reason, but I currently have no answers. No cause has been articulated so far,” he wrote.
“Know that it has been an honor for me to serve with each of you. Thank you for allowing me to support you at all times. Our collective sacrifices for those we serve are always worth it. I do not regret anything. They are my heroes and I am indebted to you.”
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Driscoll’s dismissal seems to be part of a broader purge. Other press media reported that Steve Jensen, interim director in charge of the Washington Field Office, to leave the position, as well as Walter Giardina, agent who worked in several cases related to President Trump.
Giardina worked for the special prosecutor Robert Mueller and collaborated in the processing of Peter Navarro, former white house that now advises Trump on commercial matters.
They are not isolated facts. In February, the Trump Administration forced the five highest FBI race positions to resign, along with the heads of numerous field offices, including the then head in Washington, DC Driscoll, who was not willing to deliver the list of agents to Emil Bove, then the third man in the Department of Justice.
“We understand that this application covers thousands of employees throughout the country who have supported these investigations,” Driscoll wrote in an email to the staff at that time. “I am one of those employees.”
Driscoll has worked at the FBI for more than 20 years, and recently served as head of the Newark field office. Previously he was part of the FBI hostage rescue team.
