00:02A shake-up inside the FBI this morning. Director Cash Patel has fired at least six agents
00:08tied to the 2022 search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in the classified documents
00:14investigation. The dismissals come as Patel accuses the bureau under the Biden administration
00:19of improperly subpoenaing phone records belonging to him and current White House chief of staff,
00:25Susie Wiles, when both were private citizens. Toll records show the timing and recipients of calls,
00:32not the content. Patel says those records were placed in files labeled prohibited. Key details
00:38remain unclear. Reuters reports it could not independently verify the timing, scope, or
00:44purpose of the subpoenas. It also could not confirm who authorized them or whether Patel or Wiles were
00:50targets of an investigation. The FBI has not publicly commented on the firings. The FBI
00:56Agents Association is calling the terminations unlawful, arguing they violate due process and
01:02warning the move strips the Bureau of Experienced Personnel.
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