The Trump administration has reportedly told top FBI officials that they should resign or expect to be fired by Monday.
The dismissal would come as President Donald Trump has promised dramatic reforms to the FBI and the Justice Department, which he says were weaponized against him and his supporters during the Biden administration. Kash Patel, his pick to head the bureau, promised lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee that he would seek to “de-weaponize” the FBI.
NBC reported that those asked to leave were “executive assistant directors” promoted by previous FBI Director Christopher Wray. One of the FBI officials received an email informing him he might be removed “from the rolls of the FBI” by Monday morning, the New York Times reported.
“I was given no rationale for this decision, which, as you might imagine, has come as a shock,” the unnamed official said.
