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The FBI reassigned 934 agents — including counterterrorism and counterintelligence specialists — from active national security investigations to process and redact Jeffrey Epstein files, per a directive from Director Kash Patel. Former officials warned the redeployment created dangerous gaps in national security coverage. Critics called it a politically motivated distraction from ongoing federal investigations.

The Senate confirmed Kash Patel as FBI Director on February 20, 2025, in a 51-49 vote, with Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joining all Democrats in opposition. His three immediate predecessors had each received at least 92 confirmation votes. Patel immediately began removing senior agents connected to the Trump investigations, firing field office leaders and agents involved in the January 6 and Mar-a-Lago classified documents cases.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 30, 2024, that he intended to nominate Kash Patel to replace Christopher Wray as FBI Director. Patel had publicly called for gutting the FBI's senior ranks and pledged to shut down FBI headquarters and reopen it as a museum of the deep state. Wray had three years remaining on his 10-year term and would need to resign or be fired to create a vacancy.

President Biden issues a classified National Security Memorandum directing all federal departments and agencies to take action to counter Chinese government-linked cyber threats targeting US critical infrastructure. The memorandum follows FBI Director Christopher Wray's public warnings that Chinese hackers are pre-positioning in US water, energy, and communications systems to potentially disrupt them in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. The directive coordinates responses across CISA, FBI, NSA, and sector-specific agencies to harden critical infrastructure against what officials call "Volt Typhoon," a Chinese state-sponsored intrusion campaign. The memorandum reinforces broader Biden administration efforts to address Chinese cybersecurity threats.

FBI agents execute a court-authorized search warrant at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, seizing more than 11,000 government documents including over 100 with classified markings, some at the Top Secret/SCI level. It is the first time in U.S. history that a former president's home has been searched by federal law enforcement. Trump calls the search "prosecutorial misconduct." DOJ Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the search publicly three days later after Trump reveals it. Special Counsel Jack Smith is appointed in November to investigate the documents and January 6.