A group of three Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents is suing FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, the FBI, and the Justice Department following their firing over their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
"Defendants, the current Director of the FBI, Kashyap P. Patel, and Attorney General Pamela J. Bondi, have, since the beginning of 2025, embarked on a public campaign to oust Plaintiffs from federal service because Defendants perceived them to be political opponents—as if fidelity to the law and the proper execution of assignments were somehow hostile partisan acts," the suit, filed in the D.C. U.S. District Court, alleges.
The three former agents — Jamie Garman, Blaire Toleman, and Michelle Ball — were terminated in October and November 2025 as a result of a “retribution campaign” targeting them for their involvement in the probe into President Trump.
According to the Associated Press (AP), the lawsuit states that the agents who had between 8 and 14 years of “exemplary and unblemished” service in the FBI expected to spend the rest of their careers at the agency before being abruptly terminated without cause and without being given the chance to respond.
“Serving the American people as FBI agents was the highest honor of our lives,” they said in a statement. “We took an oath to uphold the Constitution, followed the facts wherever they led and never compromised our integrity. Our removal from federal service — without due process and based on a false perception of political bias — is a profound injustice that raises serious concerns about political interference in federal law enforcement.”
Although only the three plaintiffs are named, the case represents more than 50 former agents who were fired in similar ways, according to CBS News.
"Defendants have fired more than 50 FBI employees on the basis of their perceived political affiliation, without providing them any modicum of due process, and while disparaging their reputations and service in public statements around the time of the firings," the lawsuit claims.
