FBI Director Kash Patel has revealed that the bureau has fired multiple agents who were implicated in a domestic spying operation that targeted at least ten Republican congress members in an effort to “fortify” the 2020 election.
The Republican senators, all of them Trump supporters, had their phone activity monitored because they were expected to potentially support the election objections over Joe Biden’s reported victory in the election.
The FBI also its political corruption unit shortly after revelations surfaced that the Republican senators’ private communications were secretly monitored by the Biden administration, Director Patel said.
The fired agents were assisting the investigations of former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
“We are cleaning up a diseased temple three decades in the making — identifying the rot, removing those who weaponized law enforcement for political purposes, and restoring integrity to the FBI,” Patel said in a statement. “I promised reform, and I intend to deliver it.”
Patel emphasized that accountability was now “non-negotiable.”
“Transparency is important, and accountability is critical,” he wrote on X. “We terminated employees, we abolished the weaponized CR-15 squad, and we initiated an ongoing investigation with more accountability measures ahead.
