Patel ousts senior FBI agents linked to Trump probes, say sources [View all]
Source: MS NOW
Jan. 23, 2026, 12:39 AM EST
FBI Director Kash Patel has carried out another purge of the bureau’s senior ranks, forcing out field office leaders and other senior agents connected to the two criminal investigations of Donald Trump, according to multiple people briefed on the matter.
The special agents in charge in Atlanta and New Orleans have been removed, as well as the acting assistant director in charge of the New York field office, two people familiar with the matter said.
As many as six agents in Miami were forced out over their connection to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, the president’s Florida resort where he stored classified documents, two people said. And other agents pushed out were involved in the Arctic Frost investigation of Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.
The exact number of departures was unclear. An FBI spokesman did not respond to questions. That kind of turnover is unheard of at the FBI, which has a long tradition of being an independent law enforcement agency staffed by non-political civil servants.
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