A dozen FBI agents who lost their jobs earlier this year after they were photographed kneeling during a Black Lives Matter protest in Washington following the 2020 murder of George Floyd have sued their former employer and the Trump administration to get their jobs back.

The nine women and three men claimed in the Monday filing that they were “unlawfully terminated” by Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel in violation of their First and Fifth Amendment rights.

FBI officers take a knee with demonstrators as they march on Pennsylvania Ave during a protest over the death of George Floyd on June 4, 2020, in Washington. AP

The plaintiffs, described in the lawsuit as “highly trained counterintelligence and counterterrorism Special Agents” were photographed kneeling during a

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