WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is continuing its purge of top FBI officials: One former acting director and other senior leaders have reportedly been forced out of the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency.
One of those ousted, media reports say, was Brian Driscoll, the former acting FBI director who refused to carry out Trump administration orders to identify and potentially fire FBI agents who had investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
That probe also looked into President Donald Trump’s potential role in the assault as he sought to stay in office after his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.
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Another top official forced out was Steve Jensen, who has been head of the FBI’s Washington, D.C., field office, one of its largest. In an Aug. 7 letter to colleagues, disclosed by MSNBC, Jensen said he was informed the night before “that my employment with the FBI will be terminated effective tomorrow, August 8, 2025.”
