Fired FBI official: I was asked to take Trump loyalty pledge

The Telegraph, via MSN ^ | May 12, 2026 | Ben Stockton

[libstripper]

A decorated FBI official who is suing the agency for wrongful dismissal said he was asked to pledge loyalty to Donald Trump during his vetting for the role.

In his first interview since leaving the FBI in 2025, Brian Driscoll, who served as the interim director of the agency under the US president, told CNN he was repeatedly asked about his personal political views while being interviewed for the role.

Mr Driscoll and two other senior FBI officials are suing Kash Patel, the head of the agency, and the FBI over allegations of wrongful termination.

The lawsuit accuses Mr Patel – the subject of recent media reports detailing excessive drinking and erratic behaviour during his tenure as FBI director – of “politicising the FBI over protecting the American people”.

[libstripper]

I am feeling better and better about Kash, the more he does. This particular creep was an acting director of the FBI under Biden. Couldn't be a better recommendation for firing him as soon as possible. Indeed, his picture makes him look like another weirdo who just wasn't quite as weird as the weird critter that ("who" can only be applied to a reasonable semblance of a genuine human being who claims to be genuinely human) was assigned to nuclear waste disposal issues.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

We’re going to find out that this guy was leading the charge to investigate Trump or to jail the January 6 protestors, or to investigate Catholics or conservative school board members. The article talks about waves of resignations as if its a bad thing.

[God luvs America]

I believe the “loyalty pledge” as reported during Trump’s first term, when the media was having a hissy fit over it, was all official business remain official business and they demanded no leaks...

[Responsibility2nd]

From last year....

 

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 8/7/2025, 11:38:52 AM 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.

 

 

So this fool was complicit in the J6 riot orchestrated by our government

[MarlonRando]

Trump is old-school New York business. People pledged their loyalty. It’s a different age.

[gibsonguy]

“A decorated FBI official“

F’n British press. This guy was rat operative through and through.

[V_TWIN]

I see absolutely NO problem with that.

A damned shame it’s even necessary but when I was hired by the DoD I had to sign a similar pledge.

Not to the POTUS but to the country due to the nature of the work I would be doing.

So if this guy had a problem with that, he didn’t need to be there in the first place IMO.

[ProudDeplorable]

Decorated by who - Biden for covering up the Jan 6th entrapment scheme?

[Ann Archy]

Loyalty to the Constitution.

[MNnice]

The deep state resents being forced to admit they’re the deep state.

[Track9]

As opposed to what? Any alternative goes down rabbit holes which are prosecutable.

[Georgia Girl 2]

They should all have to take a loyalty oath.

[Mashood]

He’s a covert ops guy, and Jan6 participant. He was decorated along with Richard Levine.

[AppyPappy]

I wonder what else didn’t happen

[falcon99]

Based on the corruption in the FBI under Biden and Obama, this is not a bad idea. Remember, Brennan just said he has an army of his acolytes still in the FBI, CIA and DOJ.

[blackdog]

My employer has a mission statement and goals. If I do not like that I am free to work elsewhere. If I engage in behavior contrary to those goals, I will be fired.

I'm not exactly sure the reason for outrage? To be outraged means you ain't too smart in the first place.

[rlmorel]

Love it. If he is suing for "wrongful termination" with two other "senior" officials, I am inclined to think they are Deep State scumbags and will all lie which the other two will swear to. Of course, this is a completely asinine British tabloid article in which they wear their love of Leftists on their sleeve: "...The lawsuit accuses Mr Patel – the subject of recent media reports detailing excessive drinking and erratic behaviour during his tenure as FBI director – of “politicising the FBI over protecting the American people..."

[Chewbarkah]

Driscoll was appointed by Trump. Political appointees serve at the pleasure of the President, and they don’t have Civil Service protection. Patel had no obligation to keep him.

[mass55th]

"...and resisted demands to turn over the names of agents who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, investigations"

When you don't comply with legitimate orders, you're gone. It's called insubordination.

[Eleutheria5]

OMG. He looks like one of the two queerdo dance choreographers in the original Producer movie.