At least six senior FBI leaders have been ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday, according to sources briefed on the matter, extending a purge that began last week at the Justice Department ...
The affected employees include about a half dozen “executive assistant directors,” who are some of the bureau’s top managers.
Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.
The FBI Miami Field Office is investigating a case related to a network of remote freelance IT workers who are defying U.S.