Internal Strife: FBI's Compliance and Investigation Challenges

Emil Bove, Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General, reassures that FBI agents who ethically worked on January 6 investigations are safe from termination. He criticizes FBI leadership for not providing requested information. Bove's stance challenges FBI leaders ahead of a court hearing about agent anonymity protection.

In a memo addressed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove assured that agents who executed their duties during the January 6 investigations are not facing job terminations.

Bove criticized FBI leadership for what he labeled as 'insubordination' when top officials resisted providing requested information. The memo precedes a crucial court hearing involving two lawsuits aimed at safeguarding agents' identities involved in probing the Capitol attack.

Bove emphasized that the demand for a list of personnel engaged in January 6 inquiries was prompted by the bureau's acting leadership's non-compliance with earlier requests for investigator names.

(With inputs from agencies.)