From: "P. Coonan" <nospam@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: If this happened to a Democrat the media would have already told us all the names
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 21:03:16 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: Specious Propaganda Law Center
On 19 Jul 2025, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> posted some
news:8vnn7kt6k4lu6736trvul9ja4niild90cn@4ax.com:
> 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-s
> hield-names-fbi-agents-capitol-riot-probe-2025-07-17/
The deep state is scared.