Three former FBI agents have sued FBI Director Kash Patel and US Attorney General Pam Bondi, alleging the officials fired them to appease President Donald Trump.
Patel allegedly told his employees that he "had to fire" those individuals because "his ability to keep his own job depended on the removal of the agents who worked on cases involving the President", according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed by former FBI acting Director Brian Driscoll, Steven Jensen, former assistant director in charge of the Washington field office, and Spencer Evans, former special agent in charge of the Las Vegas field office.
The FBI declined to comment. The Justice Department has not yet commented.
The lawsuit alleges that Patel, told subordinates that he and Mr Driscoll cold not stop these firings or other firings because "the FBI tried to put he President in jail and he hasn't forgotten".
