{"id":2471962,"date":"2025-08-07T13:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-fires-senior-officials-including-former-acting-director\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:24:40","slug":"fbi-fires-senior-officials-including-former-acting-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-fires-senior-officials-including-former-acting-director\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI fires senior officials, including former acting director"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Ffbi-fires-senior-officials-including-former-acting-director%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=2471962&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>The FBI has dismissed three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-if-youre-looking-for-election-rigging-look-no-further-than-media-treatment-of-hunter-biden-saga\/\" title=\"FNC&#039;s Carlson: &#039;If You&#039;re Looking for Election Rigging, Look No Further&#039; Than Media Treatment of Hunter Biden Saga\">senior officials<\/a>,including former acting director Brian Driscoll,as part of an internal shake-up reportedly linked to efforts to remove leaders who oversaw politically sensitive investigations into the January 6 Capitol riot. Driscoll, who served briefly during the early part of President Donald Trump&#8217;s second term, is expected to leave the bureau soon. Also fired was Steven Jensen, assistant director of the FBI&#8217;s Washington Field Office, whose appointment earlier in the year had faced conservative criticism due to his role in domestic terrorism operations during the Capitol riot response. A third official, Walter Giardina, involved in the examination of Trump adviser Peter Navarro, was also removed. These dismissals reflect increased pressure from Trump allies aiming to &#8220;clean house&#8221; at the FBI and Justice Department, accusing federal law enforcement of bias against conservatives.The firings may indicate further leadership changes as the Trump management seeks greater control over federal agencies.  <\/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\">FBI fires senior officials, including former acting director<\/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_2198915\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a>&nbsp;has fired three ranking officials, including the bureau&rsquo;s former acting director, as part of an internal shake-up that sources said aligns with efforts to remove leadership figures who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previously oversaw politically charged investigations<\/a> into the&nbsp;Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Driscoll, who served as&nbsp;acting FBI director&nbsp;during the early weeks of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a>&nbsp;second term, was dismissed this week and is expected to exit the bureau on Friday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-ousts-former-acting-director-agent-involved-j6-prosecutions-more-expected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2025\/08\/07\/trump-fbi-patel-dismissals-jan6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reports<\/a> citing officials familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3493513\/pritzker-chicago-mayor-never-once-called-to-oppose-pension-bill\/\">Pritzker: Chicago mayor &#8216;never once called&#8217; to oppose pension bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3493514\/big-beautiful-bill-bolsters-coast-guard-shipbuilding-programs\/\">&#8216;Big, Beautiful Bill&#8217; bolsters Coast Guard shipbuilding programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3493515\/poll-blackburn-opens-with-52-point-lead\/\">Poll: Blackburn opens with 52-point lead<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Also dismissed this week was Steven Jensen, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">assistant director in charge<\/a>&nbsp;of the FBI&rsquo;s&nbsp;Washington Field Office, according to three people with knowledge of the&nbsp;move. His April appointment to the powerful post had drawn criticism from conservatives, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/judicial-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Judicial Watch<\/a>&nbsp;President&nbsp;Tom Fitton, due to Jensen&rsquo;s past leadership of the FBI&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/domestic-terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">domestic terrorism<\/a>&nbsp;operations section during the height of the Jan. 6 response.<\/p>\n<p>Walter Giardina, a third official who played a role in investigating trade adviser Peter Navarro prior to Trump&rsquo;s second term in office, was also removed from the bureau.<\/p>\n<p>Driscoll&rsquo;s firing marks a dramatic escalation by the Trump administration in its efforts to remove entrenched career officials from inside the bureau. Driscoll led the bureau before the Senate confirmed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kash Patel<\/a>&nbsp;as Trump&rsquo;s permanent pick to head the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Driscoll later moved into a top role overseeing the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Critical Incident Response Group<\/a>, managing high-risk operations such as hostage rescues and crisis management.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said Driscoll&rsquo;s removal followed his resistance to orders from then-acting Deputy Attorney General&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Emil Bove<\/a>, now a Senate-confirmed judge on a federal appeals court, to disclose information about FBI employees involved in the bureau&rsquo;s earlier Capitol riot investigations. At the time, agents feared such disclosures would trigger retribution.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justice Department<\/a>&nbsp;has not publicly commented on either dismissal, and the FBI declined to respond to requests for clarification from the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Both Driscoll and Jensen have worked within the bureau for nearly two decades in various assignments. Driscoll previously led the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Newark Field Office<\/a>&nbsp;before his brief elevation to acting director.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3493208\/fbi-cornyn-request-runaway-texas-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CORNYN SAYS FBI APPROVED HIS REQUEST TO PURSUE &lsquo;RUNAWAY&rsquo; TEXAS DEMOCRATS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Their firings come <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-lift-iran-sanctions-until-they-stop-uranium-enrichment-still-wants-to-rejoin-deal\/\" title=\"Biden won\u2019t lift Iran sanctions until they stop uranium enrichment, still wants to rejoin deal\">amid growing pressure<\/a> from Trump allies to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-selected-as-attorney-general-for-being-very-smart-on-policy-steve-hilton-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Gaetz selected as attorney general for being \u2018very smart on policy\u2019: Steve Hilton - Washington Examiner\">clean house&#038;rdquo<\/a>; at the FBI and&nbsp;Justice Department, with Republicans repeatedly accusing federal law enforcement of being &ldquo;weaponized&rdquo; against conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>The ousters may signal further changes at the bureau&rsquo;s upper ranks as Trump moves to consolidate control of the federal bureaucracy during his second term.<\/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_2198915\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2198915\"}});<\/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>FBI removes top officials, including ex-acting director Driscoll<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2471963,"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\/12\/FBI-hhg19.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50645,4274,60824,51050,60284],"class_list":["post-2471962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fbi-2","tag-firing","tag-former-acting-director","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-senior-officials"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/FBI-hhg19.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471962","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\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471962"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471970,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471962\/revisions\/2471970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2471963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}