(CNN) — Three former senior FBI officials summarily fired last month are suing FBI Director Kash Patel and the Trump administration , alleging that their terminations were part of a White House-directed purge driven at least in part by social media bullying from MAGA loyalists.

Brian Driscoll, the former acting FBI director for a month at the start of the second Trump administration; Steven Jensen, who Patel installed as assistant director in charge the Washington field office; and Spencer Evans, who led the Las Vegas field office, allege that Patel has politicized the FBI to protect his own job.

“Patel not only acted unlawfully but deliberately chose to prioritize politicizing the FBI over protecting the American people,” the lawsuit states.

Their lawsuit – filed in Washington, DC,

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