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Telling the Story of January 6 to the Judges Who Know It Best: The Two FBI Lawsuits

One of two lawsuits to prevent the FBI from retaliating against Agents who conducted the January 6 investigation asserts, as part of an aggressive mandamus request, that a DOJ led by Trump’s defense attorneys, “do[es] not have discretion to redefine the truth of January 6, 2021” in order to claim the work of FBI agents authorized by judges is illegal.