Donald Trump's 'Bloodbath' In 24 Hrs: Top FBI Agents, Jan 6 Prosecutors Forced Out Resignation Offer To Federal Staff
Date
1/31/2025 10:36:52 PM
(MENAFN- Live Mint) As put by a social media user, US President Donald Trump's administration launched a "Deep State BLOODBATH" in the past 24 hours. A sweeping round of cuts was launched at the US Justice Department on Friday, in an "unprecedented" purge of top executives at FBI headquarters and leadership in FBI field offices across the country.
This included prosecutors who worked on cases related to the January 6, 2021, attack by Trump's supporters on the US Capitol
In a series of actions, a ban was also announced on the use of pronouns in government communications, and a former senior adviser to the US Federal Reserve was arrested on charges that he conspired to steal Fed trade secrets for the benefit of China.
Here's what the Donald Trump administration did in the last 24 hours:
1. Sources told NBC news that David Sundberg, the assistant director in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office, was notified on Thursday that he was going to lose his job. Sundberg was reportedly the highest-ranking field agent so far to be fired from the FBI in Trump's second term.
2. At least five top FBI officials in major US cities - Miami, Philadelphia, Washington, New Orleans and Las Vegas - were ordered to resign or be fired, a source told Reuters. Another source said that a sixth senior FBI official, in Los Angeles, was given a similar order.
3. A memo ordered eight FBI officials to resign or be fired, saying that their participation in the January 6 cases represented part of what Trump has called the "weaponization" of government.
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