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sop

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Thu Feb 26, 2026, 09:11 AM 3 hrs ago

'FBI fires agents who scrutinized Patel in Trump documents case'

"The FBI has fired at least 10 agents and support staff over allegations that they obtained phone records connected to FBI Director Kash Patel and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles as part of the investigation into Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents, four people briefed on the matter told MS NOW."

"An FBI spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the terminations."

"In a statement widely circulating online, Patel called it 'outrageous and deeply alarming that the previous FBI leadership secretly subpoenaed my own phone records — along with those of now White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles — using flimsy pretexts and burying the entire process in prohibited case files designed to evade all oversight.' "

"The FBI did not make public any evidence to buttress the claim, though toll records — which list the phone numbers called and the times and durations of those calls, but not their content — are routinely and legally obtained in a criminal investigation."

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https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-fires-agents-patel-trump-documents-case

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'FBI fires agents who scrutinized Patel in Trump documents case' (Original Post) sop 3 hrs ago OP
Fired for doing their job. OGBuzz 3 hrs ago #1

OGBuzz

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1. Fired for doing their job.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 09:24 AM
3 hrs ago

Podcaster Kashyap Patel better face retribution when this regime is finally removed from power. And he needs to refund taxpayers for all those pleasure flights he's taken on Americans dime. I still remember how Patel criticized Chris Wray for using FBI resources for personal business.

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