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Nine current agents are suing the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ), claiming that their examination of the people who handled the cases of around 1,500 defendants on January 6 was an attempt to retaliate against agents.

The lawsuit describes the action as "illegal and retaliatory," stating that its goal is to identify agents who will be fired or subject to other unfavorable employment actions. Plaintiffs have a legitimate fear that some or all of this list may be made public by President Trump's supporters, putting them and their families in immediate danger of retaliation from the now-pardoned and free Jan. 6 convicted criminals.

Approximately 2,400 agents who worked on the greatest prosecutorial initiative in DOJ history are at risk since FBI leadership has also been asked to provide a list of its agents who worked on cases, including the 1,500 Jan. 6 cases. Additionally, agents were asked to specify the scope of their job by answering a survey that is now part of court filings. The survey asked agents if they conducted surveillance, gathered evidence, made arrests, or provided testimony in court.

The Trump administration's dismissal of the top five career staffers in leadership roles at the agency and the heads of various field offices has prompted a drive to gain insight into the work of rank-and-file agents on the cases.

Additionally, multiple publications reported that approximately two dozen prosecutors who were involved in some of the 1,500 cases filed on January 6 were terminated at the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C. The DOJ's request to release the names of the agents who worked on the case alarmed the acting FBI director, a career agent who also serves as the head of the agency's field office in Newark, New Jersey, according to a recent report.

Even as the nine nameless agents filed their class-action complaint, the FBI met a deadline on Tuesday to release the names of thousands of agency employees who worked on Capitol riot investigations. According to an individual familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the issue and internal communications obtained by The Associated Press, the FBI provided the Justice Department with personnel information about approximately 5,000 employees in response to their request but only identified them by their unique identifier code rather than by name.

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