2 ex-FBI agents say in a lawsuit they were fired for their roles in Trump election investigation

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Source: Associated Press

By ERIC TUCKER
Updated 4:02 PM EDT, March 19, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two agents fired from the FBI last year said in a federal lawsuit Thursday that they were terminated “solely” because of their participation in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The two agents, identified as John Doe 1 and John Doe 2 in the lawsuit, are part of a broader group of employees fired over the past year for their role in the election investigation known as Arctic Frost. Their lawsuit is the latest in a series of court challenges to a personnel purge under the leadership of FBI Director Kash Patel that has targeted agents who either contributed to investigations of the Republican president or were perceived as out of step with the administration’s agenda.

The agents say they were abruptly terminated in November despite spotless disciplinary records and “exemplary” ratings on performance reviews. Both say they were given no explanation for the firings but that the terminations came soon after Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who along with other Trump allies has asserted that Arctic Frost was politically motivated, released unredacted Department of Justice documents related to the investigation that exposed one of the agents’ names.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, seeks reinstatement and a court declaration that the terminations were unlawful.

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1. Victims of the Revenge Tour

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2. "FBI Director Kashyap 'Kash' Patel summarily fired each Plaintiff. No internal investigation, .....

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The former agents are asking the court to find that their First and Fifth Amendment rights were violated and to reinstate them to their previous jobs.

The firings took place in the fall of 2025, not long after unredacted internal documents from the investigation were released publicly to Congress.

"FBI Director Kashyap 'Kash' Patel summarily fired each Plaintiff. No internal investigation, notice, or hearing preceded their firings. Nor were Plaintiffs presented with any evidence purportedly supporting their firings or given an opportunity to appeal," the former agents allege in the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia...............................