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Senior FBI official who resisted Trump administration demands has been pushed out, AP sources say
ABC News ^ | August 07, 2025 | ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

Posted on 08/07/2025 9:38:52 AM PDT by Red Badger

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior FBI official who served as acting director in the first weeks of the Trump administration and resisted demands to turn over the names of agents who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, investigations is being forced out of the bureau, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday.

The circumstances of Brian Driscoll’s ouster were not immediately clear, but his final day is Friday, said the people, who were not authorized to discuss the personnel move by name and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Additional ousters were possible.

Spokespeople for the FBI declined to comment.

The news comes amid a much broader personnel purge that has unfolded over the last several months under the leadership of current director FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino. Numerous senior officials including top agents in charge of big-city field offices have been pushed out of their jobs and some agents have been subjected to polygraph exams, moves that former officials say have roiled the workforce and contributed to angst.

Driscoll, a veteran agent who worked international counterterrorism investigations in New York and had also commanded the bureau’s Hostage Rescue Team, had most recently served as acting director in charge of the Critical Incident Response Group, which deploys manpower and resources to crisis situations.

Driscoll was named acting director in January to replace Christopher Wray and served in the position as Patel’s nomination was pending.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abc; ap; apfbicollusion; apsedition; briandriscoll; cirg; driscoll; enemieslist; enemyjournalist; erictucker; fbi; j6; peterstrzok
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1 posted on 08/07/2025 9:38:52 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Are we supposed to feel bad for the guy?


2 posted on 08/07/2025 9:42:24 AM PDT by Wuli (uire)
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To: Wuli

I guess. He had to be removed. Assume they are backstabbers if they were involved in the last administration.


3 posted on 08/07/2025 9:44:30 AM PDT by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.)
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To: Red Badger
It is late in coming, but this is a great indicator.

Let's see more of these firings.

4 posted on 08/07/2025 9:45:04 AM PDT by flamberge (The times, they are a' changing.)
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5 posted on 08/07/2025 9:45:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: flamberge

Let us see.

If we fire two bad FBI actors a year it would take 750 years to fire the FBI managers and employees involved in the J6 abominations.

Cold equation.


6 posted on 08/07/2025 9:50:40 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: madison10

The struggle with the Deep State is real. Glad President Trump is putting them in their place.


7 posted on 08/07/2025 10:01:22 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Red Badger

Good riddance. And we want the names, not only for this, but the names of FBI agents who went thru Melanie’s underwear drawer and set up the fake Top Secret
Folders to Phoograph.


8 posted on 08/07/2025 10:08:41 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: Red Badger

Good riddance. And we want the names, not only for this, but the names of FBI agents who went thru Melanie’s underwear drawer and set up the fake Top Secret
Folders to Photograph and leak.


9 posted on 08/07/2025 10:09:45 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: Red Badger

“Resisted demands?” More like was insubordinate. If his boss asked for something and he refused to do it, he should have been fired immediately.


10 posted on 08/07/2025 10:27:31 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Red Badger

“pushed out” = “Brian, we’ve promoted you to the head of the Nome, Alaska regional office effective immediately. Here’s your plane ticket, your flight leaves in six hours so you’ll have time to pack.” ...


11 posted on 08/07/2025 10:30:41 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Red Badger

MORE!!~!


12 posted on 08/07/2025 10:35:47 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Red Badger

And this is news, why? The President has every right, reason, and even duty to make sure the agencies under the Executive Branch are in line with his philosophy and decisions.


13 posted on 08/07/2025 11:03:30 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Red Badger

In most businesses, if you didn’t get the promotion, they leave. Only in the government do the people who didn’t the job, remain so they help in seeing the writing on the wall.


14 posted on 08/07/2025 11:21:34 AM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: Red Badger

In most businesses, if you didn’t get the promotion, they leave. Only in the government do the people who didn’t get the job, remain so they help in seeing the writing on the wall.


15 posted on 08/07/2025 11:22:59 AM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: Mean Daddy

In government you stick around and stab the other person in the back until you get their job...............


16 posted on 08/07/2025 11:26:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Names of agents who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, investigations.

The democrats don’t want any dots connected to them and their deep state agents.


17 posted on 08/07/2025 11:47:03 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Red Badger
Brian Driscoll looks like a 1970s gay porn actor.


18 posted on 08/07/2025 12:02:18 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

Well, now he can be!.....................


19 posted on 08/07/2025 12:03:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

More winning!


20 posted on 08/07/2025 12:12:20 PM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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