Democracy Dies in DarknessThe leader of Empower Oversight, a group representing the agents, said settlements are common and dismissed the letter as a “temper tantrum.”May 12, 2026Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on March 4. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) and The Justice Department has paid millions of dollars to settle claims from FBI agents suspended over misconduct allegations, a prominent House Democrat said in a letter Tuesday, raising concern over what he described as the Trump administration’s pattern of rewarding allies with large cash payouts.