10 FBI Agents Fired Over Trump Docs Investigation

(MENAFN) At least 10 FBI employees linked to former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents investigation into President Donald Trump were dismissed Wednesday, multiple media outlets confirmed.

Media reported that every terminated agent and analyst had direct involvement in the probe examining Trump’s alleged retention of sensitive government records following his departure from the White House in 2021.

The wave of dismissals came amid mounting controversy over the warrantless review of phone records belonging to FBI Director Kash Patel and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles — both private citizens at the time of the investigation.

Patel, already facing scrutiny over a taxpayer-funded visit to an Olympic venue in Italy last week, leveled sharp accusations at investigators, alleging that the FBI obtained his records “using flimsy pretexts and burying the entire process in prohibited case files designed to evade all oversight.”

The FBI Agents Association swiftly condemned the terminations, warning in a statement: “These actions weaken the Bureau by stripping away critical expertise and destabilizing the workforce… ultimately putting the nation at greater risk.”

Critics have pointed to a striking contradiction: Patel explicitly pledged during his Senate confirmation hearings last year that he would not weaponize the agency — yet has now overseen the removal of agents who conducted lawful inquiries into Trump.

Smith’s investigation made history by producing the first-ever federal criminal indictments against a former U.S. president. However, the classified documents case was dismissed in 2024, and election-related charges were subsequently dropped following Trump’s presidential victory, as sitting presidents are legally shielded from federal prosecution.

Smith maintained that, had the cases proceeded, convictions would have been the likely outcome.

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