Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has reportedly overruled FBI Director Kash Patel in the latest clash between supposed MAGA allies.
An X post on Monday evening by New York Times correspondent Glenn Thrush says Pirro, a former Fox News host, stepped in to stop Patel firing four veteran FBI agents targeted for their work on cases from the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Pirro, who was handpicked by Donald Trump for her role, argued that firing the agents would hamper work on ongoing cases, according to Thrush.
The Daily Beast has contacted the FBI and DOJ for comment.
Patel has been on a firing spree in the last month, targeting agents who had worked with Jack Smith, the special counsel who led investigations into Trump and attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
The four agents told they were fired by Patel this week were named by Reuters as Jeremy Desor, Jamie Garman, Blaire Toleman, and David Geist.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released over 1,000 pages of subpoenas from the “Arctic Frost” investigation Smith spearheaded. The documents did not redact the names of any FBI or Justice Department staff who were involved.
Garman was placed on administrative leave weeks ago after Grassley released records that revealed Smith had sought limited “tolling data” from the cellphones of eight GOP senators and one House member in the days before and following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
However, Toleman and Geist had their terminations rescinded, four sources told Reuters. Several other agents were also fired on Monday, but the terminations were also later reversed, two sources told the outlet.
Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s department suspended two assistant U.S. attorneys, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, who called the Jan. 6 attack a mob-fueled “riot” and had referenced Trump as part of their case.
They were suspended shortly after filing a sentencing recommendation against Taylor Taranto, who was pardoned by Trump earlier this year for his role in the 2021 attack.
Patel has already called out mysterious MAGA “allies” this week for not supporting him following allegations he used FBI planes to transport him to date nights with his girlfriend.
The embattled FBI director, 45, posted on X to defend his girlfriend, 26-year-old country singer Alexis Wilkins.
“I’ve always said—criticize me all you want,“ Patel wrote. ”But going after the people doing great work, my personal life, or those around me is a total disgrace. The disgustingly baseless attacks against Alexis—a true patriot and the woman I’m proud to call my partner in life—are beyond pathetic. She is a rock-solid conservative and a country music sensation who has done more for this nation than most will in ten lifetimes. I’m so blessed she’s in my life.”
He added to the end of his post, “And to our supposed allies staying silent—your silence is louder than the clickbait haters."
