The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began sweeping staff cuts on Friday, three sources told Reuters, quoted by BTA, as President Donald Trump's administration takes swift action to reorganize the top law enforcement agency.
At least five top FBI officials in major US cities - Miami, Philadelphia, Washington, New Orleans and Las Vegas - have been ordered to resign or face firing, one of the sources told Reuters.
Trump has vowed to dramatically overhaul the US Justice Department, which includes the FBI, after the agency filed two criminal cases against him during his four years in office for his efforts to overturned his 2020 election loss and his withholding of classified documents after leaving office.
On his first day back in the White House, Trump granted clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged with storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to block Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election, Reuters recalls.