FBI agents and analysts who were fired for working on Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back
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How outlets are covering this: 2 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Both headlines use “FBI”, “agents”, “sue”, “fired”. Distinct wording: PBS NewsHour uses “classified” and “analysts”; NYT uses “Investigation” and “Others”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- PBS NewsHour reports: “The investigation resulted in a dramatic 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago that recovered classified records and later produced an indictment in federal court in Florida charging then-former President …”
- NYT reports: “The lawsuit says that Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, praised some of the fired employees privately before terminating them.”
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- PBS NewsHour: FBI agents and analysts who were fired for working on Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back
- NYT: Fired FBI Agents Who Worked on Trump Investigation Sue Patel and Others
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