Judge Nixes Lawsuit to Hide FBI Jan. 6 Investigators

A federal judge this week dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent the Justice Department from releasing the names of FBI agents who investigated cases related to the violent protest at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled on Thursday that attorneys representing the FBI Agents Association “filed these cases in a whirlwind of chaos and fear,” noting that “some former January 6 defendants, now pardoned and at large, called for FBI agents to be doxed (or worse).”

Cobb added, “Since then, the dust has settled some — and this case has evolved.”

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