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FBI employees sue DOJ, air traffic controller shortage, “Instagram Island” empties & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Several anonymous FBI employees have accused the Justice Department of violating the Constitution. President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the US Agency for International Development could cost thousands of Americans their jobs. Job openings shrank at the end of last year. It could be years before the shortage of US air traffic controllers is rectified. Plus, we’ll tell you why people are fleeing this popular tourist destination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi, from CNN. This is Madeline Thompson, with five things you need to know for Tuesday, February 4th.

0:41.6

FBI employees have sued acting Attorney General James McHenry over a survey allegedly designed to purge bureau personnel

0:45.6

who were involved in investigations related to President Donald Trump

0:49.2

and the January 6th U.S. Capitol attack.

0:51.4

The lawsuit was brought by several anonymous FBI employees as a

0:55.4

class action complaint and accuses the Justice Department of violating the Constitution and

1:00.4

privacy laws. Three sources say FBI officials complied today with a demand to provide a list of

1:06.7

thousands of employees who worked on the January 6 investigations to top DOJ officials who've

1:12.2

indicated those people may be fired. Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe told CNN today

1:17.8

that he doesn't think most Americans understand what's at stake here. The agents who are left

1:23.2

are confronting a situation that FBI agents haven't even imagined since in the post-Huver era.

1:30.3

And that is, what do I do when I'm asked to do something unlawful or unethical,

1:36.3

but then am I putting myself in a position where I might be fired for angering the wrong politically connected person? That is not a calculation that's ever gone on in the FBI,

1:48.0

and it will have been introduced by the fear

1:51.0

of having watched the termination of their innocent colleagues.

1:55.0

So this is an act that will destabilize

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