FBI agents detail J6 role in exhaus­tive ques­tion­naire employ­ees ‘were instruct­ed to fill out’

FIRST ON FOX: A ques­tion­naire that employ­ees with the Fed­er­al Bureau of Inves­ti­ga­tion say was sent to thou­sands of peo­ple in the agen­cy’s ranks this month asked detailed ques­tions about any role agents may have played in the inves­ti­ga­tion into the Jan­u­ary 6, 2021, U.S. Capi­tol riots — rang­ing from whether they tes­ti­fied in any crim­i­nal tri­als to when they last par­tic­i­pat­ed in inves­ti­ga­tion-relat­ed activ­i­ty.

The ques­tion­naire was includ­ed in a law­suit filed by nine cur­rent FBI agents and employ­ees in U.S. Dis­trict Court for the Dis­trict of Colum­bia on Tues­day.

The White House and Jus­tice Depart­ment did not imme­di­ate­ly respond to Fox News Dig­i­tal’s request for com­ment. 

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Ques­tions ranged from agents’ par­tic­i­pa­tion in any grand jury sub­poe­nas, whether the agents worked or respond­ed to leads from anoth­er FBI field office, or if they worked as a case agent for inves­ti­ga­tions.

For­mer Jus­tice Depart­ment offi­cials have cit­ed con­cerns that the probe or any retal­ia­to­ry mea­sures car­ried out as a result could have a chill­ing effect on the work of the FBI, includ­ing its more than 52 sep­a­rate field offices.

But one retired FBI agent urged calm, not­ing to Fox News that the act­ing direc­tor and deputy direc­tor of the FBI still remain in place. This per­son also stressed that the Jan. 6 inves­ti­ga­tion and the FBI per­son­nel involved in inves­ti­gat­ing each case “ful­ly fol­lowed Bureau and DOJ guide­lines,” and that vio­la­tions of fed­er­al statutes were “proven beyond a rea­son­able doubt in fed­er­al courts of law.”

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump declined to answer ques­tions on Mon­day over whether his admin­is­tra­tion would remove FBI employ­ees involved in the inves­ti­ga­tion into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capi­tol riot, telling reporters only that he believes the bureau is “cor­rupt” and that his nom­i­nee for FBI direc­tor, Kash Patel, will “straight­en it out.“can

To date, there are no known plans to con­duct sweep­ing removals or take puni­tive action against the agents involved.

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