Not a safe assumption.
The civil service is insanely well protected from consequences of anything they may do, no matter how vile.
Just one of those things that happened while Americans were being distracted by fake terrorism scares.
But as a Director or Dep Director, even a fed, would that still warrant civil service protections? Isn’t that for GS level positions? Director types, I believe, are all SES/ES type...all serve at the will of...at least that is how it is at state levels I’m familiar with.