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FBI, DOJ strike agreement in lawsuit over January 6 agent list amid fears of retaliation
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The Justice Department and FBI agents reached a legal agreement Friday to block the Trump administration from releasing information about agents involved in the Jan. 6 cases.
It does not, however, place such a time limit on the dissemination of agents' identities to other government agencies or the White House. Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI, and other national news.
The agreement by both parties comes after active FBI agents and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association, a voluntary agents’ group, sued the Justice Department earlier this week seeking to block the release of any identifying information about FBI agents involved in the January 6 investigations.
The two parties tussled for hours in court on Thursday before U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, who questioned both parties at length on the nature of DOJ's questionnaire, the potential for disclosures or retaliation, and how the Justice Department intends to use information divulged in the questionnaires.