WASHINGTON — Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington sued Monday to get their jobs back, saying their action had been intended to de-escalate a volatile situation and was not meant as a political gesture.

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Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington have sued to get their jobs back

They say their action had been intended to de-escalate a volatile situation and was not meant as a political gesture

The agents say in their lawsuit filed Monday that they were fired in September by Director Kash Patel because they were perceived as not being politically affiliated with President Donald Trump

But they say their decision to take a knee on June 4, 2020, days after

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