Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) and FBI Director Kash Patel (L) allegedly politicized the FBI by firing those who investigated Donald Trump, three former FBI officials said Wednesday in a federal lawsuit. File Photo by Will Oliver/UPI | License Photo

Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Three former FBI officials accuse FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi of "politicizing" the FBI by firing those involved in investigating President Donald Trump.

Former Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll Jr., former Assistant Director in Charge Steven Jensen and former special agent Spencer Evans name Patel, Bondi, the FBI, the Justice Department, the Executive Office of the President and the federal government as defendants in a federal lawsuit.

They filed a wrongful termination lawsuit on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The three former FBI officials in the lawsuit say they "served this country with distinction and courage as special agents and senior officials" at the FBI.