We Were Just Following Orders

FBI leaders going full “we were just following orders” as accountability for turning the agency into a full-time Anti-Trump operation looms. https://t.co/FTJiZS8miX

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) February 3, 2025

… >Hard to see how James Dennehy, who runs the NY field office, keeps his job after sending defiant email to colleagues over the weekend promising to “dig in” and not step down or follow orders.

The NYT obtained the email.

Dennehy: “Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the F.B.I. and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and F.B.I. policy,” Dennehy wrote.

Dennehy also said the removal of top officials including at Miami and Washington field offices have caused “fear and angst within the F.B.I. ranks.”

He compared his insubordination to being a Marine “in the early 1990s, when he dug a small foxhole five feet deep and hunkered down for safety.

“It sucked,” he wrote. “But it worked.”

Don’t think this is going to end well for Mr. Dennehy.

The FBI Agent walkout/protest outside the Hoover building has begun. Very large turnout. pic.twitter.com/MmBj2Gz0gB

— Burt Macklin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) February 3, 2025