Fbi Employees Questioned About Involvement In Jan. 6 Cases As Justice Department Weighs Firings

Thousands of FBI employees who participated in investigations related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol are being asked to complete in-depth questionnaires about their involvement in the inquiries as the Trump administration Justice Department weighs disciplinary actions that could result in firings.

The questions, which were described to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the matter, ask employees to describe their office and title and to specify their involvement in the Jan. 6 investigations, including whether they participated in search warrants, conducted interviews and testified at trial.

The survey is in keeping with an extraordinary Justice Department directive Friday for the names, titles and offices of all FBI employees who worked on investigations related to Jan. 6, when pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol triggered a violent and bloody clash with law enforcement in a massive attempt to block the certification of election results.

A memo from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove , who defended Trump in his criminal cases before joining the administration, said Justice Department officials would then carry out a "review process to determine whether any additional personnel actions are necessary."

That's on top of the forced departures of more than a half-dozen senior FBI executives, the reassignment last month of several key career Justice Department officials, as well as the firings of roughly two dozen employees at the U.S. attorney's office in Washington who participated in the Jan. 6 investigations.