FBI agents who knelt with Black Lives Matter protesters following George Floyd’s death have been reassigned to less coveted positions, according to insiders briefed on the matter.
The agents were photographed kneeling with Black Lives Matter protestors during the 2020 protests in Washington D.C. following George Floyd’s death.
The agency was deployed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr in June 2020 to protect federal buildings and aid in crowd control efforts in the streets as local law enforcement were being overwhelmed by BLM protestors.
NEW: FBI agents photographed kneeling during George Floyd protest have been removed from their positions – CNN pic.twitter.com/yCVX2a3rK9
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FBI officials declined to explain the reassignments, stating to the New York Times, “it is our standard practice to decline to comment on personnel matters,” with…