Three former high-ranking FBI agents are suing Director Kash Patel in a suit seeking reinstatements to their posts, saying they were fired as part of a retribution campaign directed by highest levels of the Trump administration.

Brian Driscoll, who served as acting director before Patel was confirmed, rebuffed early requests to turn over a list of all agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases. He was fired in August, as was Steve Jensen, the assistant director in charge of the Washington field office, and Spencer Evans, the special agent in charge of the Las Vegas field office.

The 68-page suit alleges Patel and others “initiated a campaign of retribution against Plaintiffs for what Defendants deemed to be a failure to demonstrate sufficient political loyalty.”

“His decision to do so degraded t

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