Scoop: Today Kash Patel fired multiple FBI agents and support staff who had worked on the investigation of Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at Mar-A-Lago. Former FBI officials and lawyers representing fired agents have noted that mass firings have become a common response to Kash Patel receiving negative press.

FBI spokesperson @_WilliamsonBen did not respond to a request for comment. The FBI Agents Association released the following statement: