A federal lawsuit has been filed against FBI Director Kash Patel (above) and Attorney General Pam Bondi by former acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll and two other fired FBI officials who claim they were the targets of “politically motivated retribution.”
The lawsuit cites several alleged conversations involving Patel and other Trump advisers that, if true, indicate the former employees were dismissed under orders from the White House and that Patel followed through to keep his job.
FBI Director Kash Patel knowingly broke the law when he fired senior FBI executive at the behest of the White House and under pressure from Trump allies, a federal lawsuit filed against Patel and the Trump administration alleges‼️ pic.twitter.com/zgeTrNUeRN
— Meidas_Charise Lee (@charise_lee) September 10, 2025
From MSNBC:
“Patel stated that all FBI employees who they identified who had worked on the cases against President Trump would be removed from their jobs, regardless of their retirement eligibility status,” the lawsuit says in describing Driscoll’s account of a conversation with the FBI director.
“He then stated that Driscoll needed to understand that ‘the FBI tried to put the president in jail and he hasn’t forgotten it.’”
Patel “stated that his own job depended on the removal of the agents who worked on the cases against the President, regardless of whether the agents chose to work on those cases or not,” the lawsuit says.
All three plaintiffs say, after years of exemplary service, they were not even given a chance to retire early and in order to claim a portion of their pension.
You may recall that Patel, during his Senate confirmation hearings in January, was adamant that he wouldn’t fire FBI employees for political reasons.
There’s much more at the link.
UPDATE: In the lawsuit, three senior FBI officials fired by Kash Patel say Patel informed them that he was instructed to “fire anyone” who worked on any investigation related to Trump. And said his own job depended on carrying out the firings. https://t.co/a4Cezo5JOV pic.twitter.com/jkslq4q5YT
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 10, 2025
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