Trump administration sued over Jan. 6 and health data

The Trump administration was sued Tuesday in separate civil complaints challenging a request for information about FBI employees who worked on cases involving President Donald Trump and the Capitol riot, and the removal of data from federal health agency websites.

The lawsuits are the latest in a growing number of legal salvos seeking to block — or slow down — the rapid-fire series of actions Trump and his allies have taken since he returned to the White House on Jan. 20.

Both cases were filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

The first case, a class-action complaint, was filed by a group of nine unidentified FBI current and former agents, and employees of the agency against the Department of Justice.

That suit seeks to block the publication or dissemination of information in surveys the plaintiffs or their supervisors have been ordered to fill out identifying “their specific role” in cases involving the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot criminal cases, and the criminal prosecution of Trump himself for retaining classified records after leaving the White House in early 2021.

“Upon returning to the Presidency, Mr. Trump has ordered the DOJ to conduct a review and purge of FBI personnel involved in these investigations and prosecutions,” the suit says. “This directive is unlawful and retaliatory, and violates the Civil Service Reform Act.”

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