The assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York field office reportedly has put his people on notice that they’re under attack, in a “battle” in which “good people … are being targeted.”Not by al Qaeda or ISIS. By the president of the United States.
Assistant Director in Charge James Dennehy alerted the New York office about the threat after the Justice Department on Friday ordered the FBI to generate a list of everyone in the FBI who had any role in the Jan. 6 investigations and prosecutions. Some top officials have already been dismissed.
Fun fact: The Justice Department’s first Jan. 6 arrests were Jan. 8, 2021, under Trump.FBI employees have until today at 3pm eastern time to fill out an insane questionnaire about any work they may have done. The questionnaire is mandatory for management but not for others.Dennehy, a former Marine, responded with an email telling the New York office, “Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the F.B.I. and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and F.B.I. policy.”
The removals of nine FBI leaders under Pres. Donald Trump, Dennehy wrote, have created “fear and angst within the F.B.I. ranks.”Dennehy also said he’s not going anywhere: “Time for me to dig in.”
