Overview
- The FBI on Tuesday terminated four agents after briefly reversing the dismissals a day earlier, according to multiple reports, with all tied to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
- Those reported as fired include Jeremy Desor, Jamie Garman, Blaire Toleman and David Geist, following earlier removals of personnel connected to the same probe.
- D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro intervened to try to keep some agents on active cases, prompting temporary reinstatements before the terminations were reissued.
- The FBI Agents Association publicly condemned Director Kash Patel, saying he has disregarded due process and led a campaign of “erratic and arbitrary retribution.”
- Sen. Chuck Grassley has posted unredacted subpoenas from Arctic Frost that name investigators, contributing to online targeting, as a wider purge across DOJ and the FBI continues and lawsuits allege improper political pressure.