A proposal from Donald Trump's Department of Justice to promise to give FBI agents who investigated the Jan 6 insurrection two days before their names are released to the public was swatted aside by a former federal prosecutor on Saturday morning.
In a fight playing out in the courts, CNN is reporting, "Several FBI employees, along with the agency’s union, sued, saying they feared for their safety should their identities be made public. The employees specifically feared that the list would be handed over to either the White House or DOGE, which they said raised the likelihood that names would become public."
Taking the side of the FBI agents whose lives could be threatened by Trump's MAGA followers if they are exposed, ex-Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Weissmann appeared on MSNBC's "The Weekend" to make his feelings known.
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"So I'm going to channel my inner Michael Steele, which is 'on what planet is there any justification for making the names of these people public? " he told MSNBC's Alicia Menendez as co-host Steele looked on. "I mean, the idea that it's, 'Oh, don't worry, there's a 48 hour window'? Great, that's better than nothing but there's no legitimate reason to ever make these names public.'"
"I mean, the idea that the Department of Justice went in there and said, 'Okay, well, we'll agree to a 48 hour period,' if I were the judge it should be like, 'I'm sorry, what about never?' I mean, the idea that this is what's going on. There's a list of people who did their job! And we all saw the January 6th events unfold in front of our eyes. It would have been a dereliction of duty to not do something."
"The Department of Justice's view is not only should the criminals be pardoned, but the people who investigated should be under investigation for doing their job," he added before exclaiming, "I mean, it is insane."
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