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Reports indicate that over a dozen DOJ employees were fired earlier this week, primarily those involved in the political prosecutions against former President Trump. At the NLRB, Trump swiftly removed General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Democrat board member Gwynne Wilcox. Meanwhile, at the EEOC, Commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels were also terminated, marking the first time in the agency’s history that a sitting president has fired members of the board.
With these firings, the EEOC now lacks the necessary quorum to function, effectively putting the commission on ice.
The FBI’s Leadership Overhaul
Seraphin provided further insight into the structural overhaul within the FBI. According to him, the agency’s leadership hierarchy consists of three key figures: the Director, the Deputy Director, and the Associate Deputy Director. Beneath them are six Executive Assistant Directors who oversee different divisions. Additionally, each of the 56 FBI field offices is headed by a Special Agent in Charge.
One of the SACs reportedly removed was Spencer Evans, the head of the FBI’s Las Vegas field office. Evans recently led the investigation into the highly suspicious New Year’s Day explosion involving a Green Beret and a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel. His departure is seen as particularly notable, given his role in denying Seraphin’s religious exemption request from the COVID vaccine, a decision that ultimately led to Seraphin’s indefinite suspension from the bureau.
Targeting Whistleblowers?
Seraphin also pointed out that many of those terminated were former agents known as “The Suspendables,” a group of FBI whistleblowers who had previously exposed corruption within the bureau. Among them were Steve Friend and Garrett O’Boyle.
O’Boyle was placed on leave in 2022 after he exposed the FBI’s use of “threat tags” to target pro-life Americans following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Friend, on the other hand, called out the bureau’s misleading statistics on domestic terrorism and its heavy-handed approach toward January 6 defendants.
NBC News acknowledged the widespread dismissals and noted growing concerns that these actions could inject partisan politics into an agency that has historically had only one political appointee—the director. However, Seraphin pushed back on those claims, telling NBC that Patel maintains communication with whistleblowers and could be the most respected FBI director in modern history.
“There’s a potential that Kash Patel could be the most loved FBI director by the actual people of the FBI; he could be the real thing that Jim Comey pretended to be,” Seraphin stated.
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Who’s Really in Charge?
Seraphin hinted that Patel might already be calling the shots at the FBI, despite Brian Driscoll currently serving as Acting Director. Driscoll, who previously led the New Jersey Field Office, was also a former commander of the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and played a key role in the controversial 2022 raid at Mar-a-Lago.
With Patel on the verge of assuming leadership and a drastic reshuffling of top officials, the FBI appears poised for a new direction. Whether this means a return to its original mission or a continued struggle between entrenched bureaucracy and reformers remains to be seen.
