A federal judge agreed Thursday to the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to prevent the revelation of the names of thousands of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 investigations.
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, appointed by former President Joe Biden, showed compassion for agents who went to court seeking constraints on the Trump administration after the Justice Department wanted a list of everyone who had done investigative work on rioters’ cases.
“Plaintiffs filed these cases in a whirlwind of chaos and fear,” Cobb wrote, adding that “some former January 6 defendants, now pardoned and at large, called for FBI agents to be doxed (or worse).”
“Since then, the dust has settled some—and this case has evolved,” Cobb continued.
FBI agents have been in court since February, filing the action immediately after eight senior career FBI officers were fired, and Principal Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, who has been nominated for a lifetime appointment to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, requested the list.
