LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The firing of former Las Vegas FBI Special Agent in Charge Spencer Evans was improper, and raises serious due process questions, his attorney said Wednesday.

Mark Zaid said in an interview that Evans was summarily dismissed without the ability to contest his firing or take advantage of internal appeals. Zaid said a wrongful termination lawsuit will be filed within weeks.

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In an Aug. 8 letter to Evans from FBI Director Kash Patel, Evans was told he was being terminated because "you demonstrated a lack of reasonableness and overzealousness in the implementation of COVID-19 protocols and policies."

But Zaid questioned that just

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