{"id":2400614,"date":"2025-02-08T09:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T14:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-and-fbi-dispute-highlights-volume-of-employees-who-worked-on-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T09:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T14:18:11","slug":"doj-and-fbi-dispute-highlights-volume-of-employees-who-worked-on-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-and-fbi-dispute-highlights-volume-of-employees-who-worked-on-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ and FBI dispute highlights volume of employees who worked on Jan 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-and-fbi-dispute-highlights-volume-of-employees-who-worked-on-jan-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2400614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses the significant\u200c number of FBI \u2064employees \u2064involved in the investigation of\u200d the January 6 Capitol riot, revealing that estimates suggest around 6,000 personnel participated in some capacity. this figure,representing over 15% of the FBI&#8217;s workforce,has \u2062raised concerns about the allocation of \u2062resources \u2064and the politicization of \u2062the investigations,especially considering a recent\u200c Justice Department directive\u2062 requesting a list of all employees who interacted with january 6 cases.\u200b The directive has\u2064 sparked \u200banxiety among \u2062staff regarding job security\u200b and has led \u200cto legal challenges concerning the list&#8217;s potential public\u2064 release.<\/p>\n<p>Critics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthys-marathon-floor-speech-prevents-vote-on-democrats-budget\/\" title=\"McCarthy\u2019s Marathon Floor Speech Prevents Vote On Democrats\u2019 Budget\">including elon musk<\/a>, have cited the heavy personnel involvement as a misallocation of resources, while \u2063a retired\u200b FBI agent explained \u200bthat cases could involve\u200b multiple personnel from\u200d various departments, leading to an inflated number of\u2063 names associated with a single case. The investigation into January 6 has been compared to more urgent matters, highlighting the perceived overzealousness of leadership in managing the cases. \u200dThe morale \u200dwithin the FBI appears\u200d to be low,\u2063 with indications that the potential jeopardy to agents&#8217; careers has created unease, as many believe they are being unjustly targeted for following orders. Concerns \u2062about the ramifications\u200d for national security already\u200b permeate discussions regarding any considerable loss of \u200cexperienced agents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DOJ-FBI dispute highlights volume of employees who worked on Jan. 6<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1983985\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Justice Department\">Justice Department<\/a> leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3310260\/fbi-agents-await-their-fate-jan-6-questionnaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Justice Department\">review<\/a> the FBI&rsquo;s role in the yearslong investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a previously unknown fact has captured attention: Thousands at the bureau worked on it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Estimates have reached 6,000 FBI employees, who include senior officials, agents, and support staff, raising questions about why more than 15% of the bureau&rsquo;s 38,000-member workforce was involved in Jan. 6 cases.<\/p>\n<p>The figure first surfaced after a top official at the Department of Justice issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/823909213\/Bove-memo-to-Driscoll?secret_password=L5QbWUFEnijquOgRqlsP\">directive<\/a> last month, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-five-takeaways-from-trump-press-conference-at-bedminster-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Top five takeaways from ... press conference at Bedminster- Washington Examiner\">subject line &#038;ldquo<\/a>;terminations,&rdquo; to the FBI, demanding a list of all employees who had ever interacted with a Jan. 6 case. President Donald Trump&rsquo;s DOJ appointees plan to use the list as they vet allegations from Republicans that some Jan. 6 cases were handled in a politicized or aggressive manner.<\/p>\n<p>The order sparked unease across the bureau as staff began to fear for their jobs, and concerns about the list becoming public have since become the subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3313387\/fbi-group-urges-judge-limit-white-house-access-list-jan-6-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lawsuit<\/a> between FBI agents and the DOJ. During those court proceedings, a lawyer in the case said the list could contain 5,000 to 6,000 names. He later noted to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that there is speculation that the list could be flawed, i.e., missing some names while erroneously including others. Some on the Right blasted the FBI for involving what appeared to be so much valuable manpower in the one incident.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, who owns X and leads a Trump advisory board called the Department of Government Efficiency, elevated the misleading notion that the Jan. 6 riot was entirely peaceful and that 5,000 &ldquo;agents&rdquo; were &ldquo;focused&rdquo; on targeting protesters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is an insane misallocation of resources!&rdquo; Musk wrote in an X post that gained 30 million views as of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The riot involved a mixed bag of offenders. Nearly 1,600 faced charges during a four-year span, and while hundreds of those either assaulted police officers, obstructed law enforcement, or stole or damaged property, most of the others faced only minor trespassing violations.<\/p>\n<p>A retired FBI agent, who worked at the bureau for two decades, explained that a single agent typically opens a case but that any employees who touch the case thereafter for any reason could have their names associated with it.<\/p>\n<p>A mild case &ldquo;about criminal trespass could end up having multitudes of people&rsquo;s names inside that case file,&rdquo; the retired agent told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that anyone in the FBI, including those who are not agents, who helps with surveillance on a case, analyzes toll records or bank statements, or offers forensic analysis, for example, could end up seeing their names in a case file.<\/p>\n<p>The Jan. 6 cases were intermixed with what he viewed as more serious cases involving drugs, terrorism, fraud, violent crime, and more, the retired agent said. He noted that while he viewed some of the Jan. 6 cases as reasonable, others were &ldquo;uninspiring,&rdquo; such as those about a &ldquo;guy jumping over a fence at the Capitol,&rdquo; and yet those cases still took up an &ldquo;ungodly amount of time&rdquo; for FBI staff.<\/p>\n<p>The retired agent attributed this to what he viewed as overzealous leaders at the DOJ or those working on the seventh floor of the FBI headquarters. Most of the others involved were following orders through a &ldquo;military-style hierarchy,&rdquo; he said, noting the bureau became more centralized in Washington, D.C., after 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI Agents Association, whose members include active and retired agents, declined to comment on Musk&rsquo;s characterization of the Jan. 6 cases and instead pointed to the group&rsquo;s statement about the list of employees, which multiple people have indicated has dampened morale across the bureau.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Put simply, Special Agents who risk their lives protecting this country from criminals and terrorists are now being placed on lists and having their careers jeopardized for carrying out orders they were given by their superiors in the FBI,&rdquo; the FBIAA said.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics throughout the FBI&rsquo;s website offer a glimpse into the wide range of other matters that bureau employees across the FBI&rsquo;s headquarters, 55 field offices, laboratories, and other facilities tended to during the Jan. 6 investigation. They <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">included high-profile incidents<\/a> like investigating the two assassination attempts on Trump and a foiled Iranian terrorist plot against the president that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3224076\/three-men-indicted-iranian-plot-kill-trump-before-election\/\">led to<\/a> two arrests ahead of the election.<\/p>\n<p>In fiscal 2022, federal authorities across all agencies (all of which the FBI has assisted at times), <a href=\"https:\/\/bjs.ojp.gov\/document\/fjs22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">made<\/a> nearly 97,000 arrests, which means Jan. 6 arrests comprised less than 1% of that figure. A large fraction of arrests involved immigration and drug offenses, while others involved violence, weapons, and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies housed under the DOJ were responsible for referring 45% of suspects that year to U.S. attorneys.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Society of Former Agents of the FBI, which comprises 8,500 members, including a couple of hundred current FBI agents, recently vouched for the critical nature of the FBI&rsquo;s work in the face of threats about a mass culling of employees. The society&rsquo;s president, Mike Clark, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that losing possibly hundreds of FBI employees would be &ldquo;disastrous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you know what that would do to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-to-border-agents-prepare-for-the-flood\/\" title=\"Biden Admin to Border Agents: Prepare for the Flood\">national security&#038;nbsp<\/a>;alone?&rdquo; Clark said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1983985\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1983985\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ-FBI dispute reveals thousands involved in Jan. 6 probe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2400615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23187567346036-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37371,7076,50071,5591,36978],"class_list":["post-2400614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-capitol-riot","tag-doj","tag-employee-dispute","tag-fbi","tag-january-6"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23187567346036-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400618,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400614\/revisions\/2400618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}