Summary

Nine anonymous FBI agents have sued Trump’s Justice Department, alleging an unlawful purge of officials involved in January 6 and Trump-related investigations.

The lawsuit challenges a DOJ survey used to identify and potentially fire agents, calling it political retribution.

Agents fear data breaches and retaliation, citing Elon Musk’s alleged access to government databases.

The lawsuit claims violations of privacy and First Amendment rights.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Legal actions against a man above the law. Yeah, sorry FBI agents, y’all are going to have to choose between vigilante justice or no justice, like the rest of us peasants.

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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      It doesn’t sound like a very wise idea for the government to betray people who have been trained for covert ops, who may also already know how to find people that are willing to take action against the current government.

      But what do I know. I’m not qualified to be president*

      *Too poor, too female, and too focused on the good of the people. I have an ice cube’s chance in hell.

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        7 hours ago

        Yea choosing vigilante justice would likely come with a significant sacrifice of personal freedom or even life - that’s why no justice has been the prevailing choice so far.

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          The crazier shit gets, this possiblity only increases. All it takes is some secret service, or intelligence agent to lose their job or something, and snap.

          And the more that they fuck with people’s livelihoods, the more dangerous things are going to get for them.

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            3 hours ago

            Doesn’t even need to come down to a ‘snap’. Every single federal employee and member of the military swore an oath to defend the constitution from all threats foreign and domestic.

            Trump still stealing this world’s oxygen is a result of countless people falling to live up to that oath.

    • tal@lemmy.today
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      18 hours ago

      Setting aside the question of whether Trump is above the law, this won’t be suing Trump, but rather the DoJ, their employer.

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        And anyone enacting trumps orders. They’ll just plead guilty and take the pardon so they can get back to corrupting the nation before dinner.

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          More time Trump spends signing pardons the less time he spends doing other bullshit