FBI agents sue as DOJ compiles list of officials who worked on Jan. 6 and Trump cases

FBI agents have reportedly filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Justice to halt efforts to compile a list of officials who worked on cases against Jan. 6 rioters or President Donald Trump.

Politico first reported the agents were anonymously suing the DOJ for fear of retaliation.

The lawsuit was said to include screenshots of a three-page survey being used by the DOJ to identify agents who worked on cases involving Trump or the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

According to CBS News, the survey asks "what role the respondent may have played in many cases, such as acting as an agent, providing management support, or collecting online data."

"The survey also asks if the respondent made any arrests, conducted interviews, participated in search warrants, testified in court, or appeared before a grand jury."

The DOJ ordered the FBI to submit the survey results by Tuesday afternoon. The Trump administration could purge thousands of officials from the FBI, CNN reported.

"It's a purge," former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said on Monday. "We admit it."

"I heard there was 1,000 agents or something that were going to defy Trump's efforts, and defy Trump, and defy the cleanup of this mess," he added. "Should President Trump put up with this nonsense, or just go in there and just get rid of the whole whatever's left of the seventh floor, just get rid of them?"

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"I think it's okay to kind of lure these officials into a trap, and have them defy and be insubordinate to higher-ups who are now in charge of the DOJ, and then soon FBI," right-wing reporter Julie Kelly agreed.

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