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Subject: If this happened to a Democrat the media would have already told us all the names
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 14:13:30 -0400
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WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed
lawsuits brought by FBI agents seeking to prevent President Donald
Trump's administration from publicly identifying those who worked on
the investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol
by Trump supporters.
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington found that the risk of
Justice Department leadership disclosing the names of FBI agents is
"too speculative" to allow them to sue.
"They do not plausibly allege that Defendants are about to engage in
any of the conduct agents are worried about," Cobb wrote in her
ruling, which granted the Trump administration's bid to dismiss the
cases.
The FBI Agents Association, a plaintiff in one of the lawsuits, said
it was disappointed in the ruling and reviewing its legal options.
"Agent safety has and will always be our paramount concern. We filed
this case to support and protect the dedicated FBI agents and
employees who were assigned to investigations related to activities on
January 6, 2021," the group said in a statement.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department did not immediately respond
to requests for comment.
The Justice Department has said it is conducting an internal review of
potential misconduct in the probe, which led to more than 1,500
criminal cases against Trump supporters accused of storming the
Capitol in a failed attempt to stop certification of his 2020 election
loss.
Justice Department officials have not ruled out publicly naming
agents, but have said they have no immediate plans to do so.
Two groups of FBI agents anonymously sued in February after Justice
Department leadership demanded the FBI turn over a list of more than
5,000 agents who were involved in the investigation, an order FBI
leadership at the time initially resisted.
The legal dispute reflected the ongoing tensions within the Justice
Department as Trump officials expelled dozens of staffers involved in
investigations condemned by Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-tosses-lawsuit-seeking-shield-names-fbi-agents-capitol-riot-probe-2025-07-17/