Top FBI official in NY retires amid apparent conflict with Trump admin

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A top FBI official said the Trump administration forced him to retire from the agency late last week. Former FBI special agent James Dennehy said the administration didn’t give him a reason for the request.
Dennehy had previously stated he would “dig in” when rumors began circulating about potential mass firings at the FBI.
The Trump administration has yet to comment on Dennehy’s departure.

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The FBI special agent overseeing the bureau’s largest field office has abruptly retired. James Dennehy emailed co-workers about his “forced” retirement late last week.

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What did Dennehy’s email say?

According to CNN, Dennehy, the assistant director in charge of the FBI New York Division, wrote that he was informed late Friday, Feb. 28, that he needed to submit his retirement papers. He said he followed through with the request and submitted the papers.

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However, the administration didn’t give him a reason to retire.

Last month, Dennehy sent a message to those same co-workers as news of mass firings at the FBI made headlines. Dennehy indicated he would “dig in” as the Trump administration terminated good people from the FBI and targeted others for doing their jobs.

What was the controversy involving the current administration?

At the time, the Trump administration had ordered the FBI to produce a list of more than 5,000 agents and employees, providing names of those part of the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

His departure comes after Attorney General Pam Bondi alleged that the FBI New York field office withheld thousands of pages of documents related to now deceased, reputed sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Bondi has demanded that new FBI Director Kash Patel launch an investigation into why the agency didn’t originally turn over all the documents.

Is there any official comment or reaction about his retirement?

Neither the FBI nor the Trump administration has commented on Dennehy’s departure.

Tags: FBI, Kash Patel, New York, New York City, Pam Bondi, U.S. Department of Justice

[CRAIG NIGRELLI]

THE FBI SPECIAL AGENT, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF OVERSEEING THE BUREAU’S LARGEST FIELD OFFICE, HAS ABRUPTLY RETIRED. THE NEWS CAME IN AN EMAIL THAT JAMES DENNEHY SENT TO COWORKERS LATE LAST WEEK.
ACCORDING TO CNN, DENNEHY, WHOSE TITLE WAS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF THE FBI NEW YORK DIVISION, WROTE “ LATE FRIDAY, I WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED TO PUT MY RETIREMENT PAPERS IN TODAY, WHICH I JUST DID. I WAS NOT GIVEN A REASON FOR THIS DECISION. “
JUST LAST MONTH, DENNEHY HAD SENT A MESSAGE TO THOSE SAME CO-WORKERS AS THREATS OF MASS FIRINGS AT THE FBI MADE HEADLINES. DENNEHY TOLD THEM HE WAS PREPARED TO “DIG IN” AS GOOD PEOPLE WERE BEING WALKED OUT OF THE FBI AND OTHERS WERE TARGETED BECAUSE THEY DID THEIR JOBS.
AT THE TIME, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAD ORDERED THE FBI TO PRODUCE A LIST OF MORE THAN 5000 AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES WHO WERE PART OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY 6, 2021 ATTACK ON THE U.S CAPITOL.
HIS DEPARTURE COMES AFTER ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI ALLEGED THAT THE FBI NEW YORK FIELD OFFICE WITHHELD THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO NOW DECEASED REPUTED SEX TRAFFICKER JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
BONDI HAS DEMANDED THAT NEW FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHY ALL THE DOCUMENTS WERE NOT TURNED OVER.
THERE HAS BEEN NO official COMMENT ON DENNEHY’S APPARENT FORCED RETIREMENT. FOR MORE UNBIASED UPDATES, DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP