WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reached settlements with a group of current and former FBI agents who have said they were disciplined for invoking personal and political views, including about the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and the COVID-19 vaccine, and for clashing with supervisors about approaches to investigations, their lawyers said Tuesday.

Empower Oversight, a group founded and led by former staff members of Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, announced the resolutions of 10 cases, including eight settlements in the last few weeks.

Many of the cases concern agents who had accused the FBI of politicization during President Joe Biden’s administration, a claim leadership denied. Some had resisted the mandate to take the COVID-19 vaccine and complained about what they saw as

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