A group of fired FBI agents is going after their own former agency in a lawsuit that could have ramifications across the federal government. A dozen former agents brought a suit alleging that the FBI illegally fired them for kneeling during a racial justice protest in 2020. The agents claim the firing was a violation of their constitutional rights, and the lawsuit comes as the FBI is already facing accusations of political motivations.

Lawsuit against the FBI’s top brass

The lawsuit comes five years after the defendants were photographed kneeling during a June 2020 rally in Washington, D.C., related to the then-ongoing George Floyd protests . The agents in question have said they “kneeled not to reflect a left-wing political point of view, but rather to de-escalate a situation that th

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