President Trump Tells Senior FBI Officials to Retire, Resign or They'll Be Fired

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The senior FBI officials receiving notice to resign or be fired include those at the executive assistant director level at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., and numerous heads of FBI field offices across the country.

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Trump accelerates changes at FBI: key officials must resign or be fired

The Trump Administration informed several senior FBI officials, promoted by former director Christopher Wray, that they were to resign, retire or would be fired, according to multiple sources inside and outside the agency.

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