As the acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove has overseen the forced transfers of senior officials and an effort to collect the names of F.B.I. agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases.
James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in βa battle of our own.β
The prosecutor firings and a move to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents were a powerful indication that the president has few qualms deploying federal law enforcement to punish perceived enemies.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, three of President Trumpβs high-profile picks, on Thursday will make their cases for confirmation.
The South Carolina Republican told CNN that he βdid not likeβ how Trump pardoned people who βbeat up cops,β and suggested he would be open to curtailing the presidential pardon power.
Ed Martin, a longtime advocate for Jan. 6 defendants recently named to run the prosecutorsβ office, sought to undo a judgeβs order barring Stewart Rhodes from visiting Washington.
President Trump pardoned men who violently attacked police officers on Jan. 6 along with nearly 1,600 other people who had been charged in connection with the riot. But his grant of clemency did not erase the video evidence of their crimes.
The man faced felony charges related to the Capitol attack, including using an explosive device to assault police officers. President Trump granted broad clemency to the rioters in one of his first acts.