In what many conservatives are calling a long-overdue reckoning, three senior FBI officials — including key figures involved in investigations targeting President Donald J. Trump and his allies — are reportedly being dismissed from the bureau, marking a significant shake-up inside the nation’s top law enforcement agency.
Among those facing termination is Brian Driscoll, who briefly served as acting FBI director at the start of President Trump’s second term. Also included are Walter Giardina, an agent tied to probes involving Trump and his former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, and Steve Jensen, the acting director of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, according to multiple reports from the New York Times and CNN.
While the FBI has yet to issue a public statement on the dismissals, the move follows months of increasing scrutiny from lawmakers and whistleblowers who allege the bureau has engaged in politically motivated conduct — particularly during investigations surrounding Trump.
Driscoll came under fire earlier this year when Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove accused him of “insubordination” in February.
According to Bove, Driscoll resisted internal efforts to release information about FBI agents involved in January 6-related investigations, raising concerns about transparency and internal accountability.
Giardina, however, appears to be at the center of the most serious allegations. In June, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley formally requested FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi turn over records related to Giardina.
The Iowa Republican cited whistleblower disclosures accusing Giardina of a range of misconduct, including falsely stating that the infamous Steele Dossier had been “corroborated as true” — a claim that has long been discredited.
More troubling, the disclosures allege Giardina wiped a government-issued laptop during his tenure with special counsel Robert Mueller, and openly expressed “animosity toward President Trump,” raising further concerns about bias in politically sensitive investigations.
“These actions are deeply disturbing,” Grassley wrote, pointing to the whistleblower complaints as a sign that internal reforms at the FBI remain urgent and overdue. Conservatives have long maintained that the bureau has been weaponized against Trump and other political opponents, and the pending dismissals appear to lend weight to that argument.
Steve Jensen, who leads the bureau’s Washington Field Office — a hub for politically charged investigations — is also expected to be terminated.
During a press conference Thursday on unrelated charges involving an attack at the Israeli Embassy, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro declined to comment on Jensen’s status. “I’m not going to talk about politics today,” Pirro said pointedly. “I’m talking about crime. I’m talking about hate crimes. And that’s the extent of it.”
While the FBI’s internal disciplinary process remains largely opaque, the removal of three senior officials with close ties to Trump-era investigations will likely be seen by the right as a long-awaited course correction.
As pressure builds for a more transparent and apolitical justice system, these dismissals could mark a pivotal moment in the ongoing debate over accountability and bias within federal law enforcement.
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