FBI Director Kash Patel has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a Black Lives Matter protest for George Floyd in 2020, the Associated Press reports.

Three people familiar with the matter confirmed the dismissals to the AP. Although they were unable to state the exact number of employees fired, two people said roughly 20 employees were affected. The agents had previously been reassigned last spring.

The photographs show the agents taking a knee during a protest held in solidarity with George Floyd, whose May 2020 murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparked a summer of protests against police violence and anti-Black racism.

Patel has been under immense pressure as head of the FBI, particularly in recent weeks following the bungled search for Char

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