At least five senior FBI leaders who were promoted by former Director Christopher Wray have been notified they are being demoted or reassigned, according to sources briefed on the matter, extending a purge that began last week at the Justice Department across the street from the FBI headquarters.
The FBI has recorded a sharp spike in complaints that its own agents and employees have engaged in sexual misconduct, ranging from assault to harassment, despite a pledge by the bureau’s leaders to eliminate the longstanding problem.
FBI Director Christopher Wray, in his only broadcast exit interview since announcing his planned resignation, said his decision to step down nearly three years early was one of the hardest choices he's ever had to make. Wray oversaw the largest case in FBI ...
A longtime FBI deputy director who had been expected to replace Director Christopher Wray on an acting basis is retiring from the bureau.
Former President Biden commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, against the urgings of former FBI Director
In recent weeks, the FBI took steps to close the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), effective by December 2024,” the bureau said in a statement provided to The Post.
President Donald Trump ’s nominee to be the next FBI director, Kash Patel, claimed during his confirmation hearing on Thursday that he had never heard of a right-wing conspiracy theorist – before being reminded that he's appeared on his show eight times.
Kash Patel has hawked a sketchy supplement to undo the effects of the COVID vaccine, promoted the QAnon cult and promised to go after Trump’s critics.
Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.
The new president's enemies aren't America's enemies. If the FBI turns to retribution, what will protect us from the real threats that endanger the nation?
The FBI director, IRS commissioner and vice chair of the Federal Reserve, all criticized by Republicans, have opted to resign instead of staying in their jobs, which have terms designed to straddle presidential administrations.
FBI's No. Paul Abbate, expected to replace outgoing Director Christopher Wray on an acting basis, says he's retiring.