(Corrects to remove reference to kneeling incident occurring same day as Trump’s photo with Bible; the two incidents occurred during same protests but not the same day, paragaph 7)

By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI has fired a group of its agents photographed kneeling on the street in an attempt to de-escalate tensions during a racial justice protest in Washington in 2020 in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by police in Minneapolis, three people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

The terminations came amid a spate of dismissals within the ranks of the nation’s most prominent law enforcement agency since Kash Patel, a loyalist of President Donald Trump, was confirmed by the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate in February to lead the FBI.

It was not clear precise

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