FBI Agents Who Kneeled at Floyd Protest Sue for Wrongful Firing

A dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in Washington following the police killing of George Floyd.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation had investigated the incident and concluded there was no wrongdoing by the agents, who explained that they gestured in solidarity with a racial justice protest while they were outnumbered and facing angry taunts, according to the complaint filed Monday in federal court.

The agents claim the decision by FBI Director Kash Patel to terminate them came years later at the urging of President ...