{"id":1332,"date":"2026-06-01T21:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:08:37","slug":"ex-fbi-agents-launch-support-group-for-employees-struggling-to-adjust-under-kash-patels-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1332","title":{"rendered":"Ex-FBI agents launch support group for employees struggling to adjust under Kash Patel\u2019s leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Former FBI agents have launched a support network to help bureau employees struggling under Director Kash Patel&#8217;s leadership.<\/li>\n<li>The group says it will provide free legal representation, mental health services and job placement assistance to agents facing termination.<\/li>\n<li>Patel has fired dozens of agents for perceived bias, including those who worked on Trump investigations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            In the wake of FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s efforts to root out so-called weaponization in the agency, firing dozens of employees for their perceived bias, former agents set up their own group to help those struggling under the new leadership.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1326\">Hackers breach senior US Space Force official\u2019s Instagram account and post Iranian propaganda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Former Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Feinberg said in a statement that the FBI Support Network will serve \u201cto offer tangible assistance\u201d to agents inside.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            That help will include free legal representation, mental health services and assistance in finding jobs for those wanting to leave, according to a release announcing the group, which says it is adding \u201can army of former FBI officials who want to assist those inside.\u201dThe group is a part of \u201cJustice Connection,\u201d which has been offering similar assistance to Justice Department employees.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            CNN reached out to the FBI for comment on the new support group.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Former FBI agents have sued Patel and the Justice Department over their ousting, arguing the firings were clearly political, did not follow FBI protocol and in some instances violated their constitutional rights.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 12 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-1330\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2460a75a9a476412d67e4cec146a78fa.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2460a75a9a476412d67e4cec146a78fa.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2460a75a9a476412d67e4cec146a78fa-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill on May 12 in Washington, DC.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            In several lawsuits, agents say they have struggled to find other employment and have had their careers stripped from them for doing their job.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Patel has fired agents who worked on past investigations into Trump; agents who were captured kneeling during protests over George Floyd\u2019s death; and others, including Brian Driscoll, who ran the agency for a brief time before Patel was sworn in.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1324\">The battle for the Senate could come down to candidate baggage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            In a video announcing the group, Driscoll, a member, said agents \u201cfacing these unprecedented times are not alone,\u201d noting that it was time to help \u201cthe special agents, intelligence analysts and the professional staff who are under attack.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Driscoll is also suing the agency over his termination in August after he worked to prevent the very layoffs Patel later oversaw.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former acting director of the FBI Brian Driscoll participates in a panel discussion during a summit on terrorism and political violence in New York on September 10, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-1331\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f037eb893d5b68c803be79d351f2cc3a.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f037eb893d5b68c803be79d351f2cc3a.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f037eb893d5b68c803be79d351f2cc3a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Brian Driscoll, former acting director of the FBI, participates in a panel discussion during a summit on terrorism and political violence in New York on September 10, 2025.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Seth Wenig\/AP<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Driscoll recently told CNN that while being vetted for the top job, he was asked a series of questions by incoming Trump officials about his personal politics, including whom he voted for, when he started supporting Trump, and whether he\u2019d voted for a Democrat in recent elections. The questions alarmed him, he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s time for those of us who also once carried credentials, badges, and sidearms alongside our FBI colleagues to offer tangible assistance when they are faced with the choice between an order and what they know is just, and to help them when they have to weather the consequences of upholding their oaths,\u201d Feinberg\u2019s statement said.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1314\">Sleep has many benefits. 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