Three former senior FBI officials are suing the Trump Administration, alleging they were fired as part of a “campaign of retribution” for failing to show “sufficient political loyalty.”

Former FBI Acting Director Brian J. Driscoll, Jr., former Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington field office Steven J. Jensen, and former Special Agent in Charge of the agency’s Las Vegas field office Spencer L. Evans filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming infringement of their rights to due process, free association, and free speech under the First and Fifth Amendment.

FBI Director Kash Patel, the plaintiffs allege, violated federal law and the Constitution and “deliberately chose to prioritize politicizing the FBI over protecting the American people” when he fired the officials on Aug. 8

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