FBI and DOJ strike deal over contested release of Jan. 6 agents’ identities

Published February 7, 2025 2:12pm ET



The Justice Department and FBI employees reached an agreement Friday in federal court after the FBI resisted Trump administration efforts to obtain information about agents involved in Jan. 6, 2021, cases. A judge said the FBI must provide the names of the agents to Trump DOJ officials but stipulated that the DOJ cannot publicly release the list of Jan. 6-involved employees without providing two days notice.

The deal, formalized in a federal court in Washington, mandates that FBI officials be given 48 hours’ notice before any public disclosure, allowing them to challenge the release in court, according to a court order. However, it does not place any time limit on the dissemination of agents’ identities to other government agencies or to the White House.

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