From The Hill: A federal judge agreed Thursday to a request by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to block the release of the names of thousands of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases.
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, an appointee of former President Biden, expressed sympathy for agents who went to court seeking limitations on the Trump administration after the Justice Department demanded a list of all who had done investigative work on the cases of rioters.
“Plaintiffs filed these cases in a whirlwind of chaos and fear,” Cobb wrote, adding that “some former January 6 defendants, now pardoned and at large, called for FBI agents to be doxed (or worse).”
“Since then, the dust has settled some—and this case has evolved,” Cobb continued.
FBI agents have been in court since February, filing the case shortly after eight top career FBI officials were fired, and Principal Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, now nominated for a lifetime appointment to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, demanded the list.
However, according to the report, the judge noted that the Justice Department “does not appear poised to act on agents’ fears that a list would be used not only to fire agents but publicly release their identities as an act of retribution.”
“That discovery revealed no evidence that Defendants are on the verge of disclosing Plaintiffs’ identities, nor have Plaintiffs plausibly alleged that such a disclosure is imminent. The Court must therefore dismiss Plaintiffs’ disclosure-related claims,” the judge wrote.
John Strand, one former January 6 prisoner, cheered, ” A federal judge just cleared the way for the DOJ to receive the full list of 5,000+ FBI agents who “worked on January 6.” The people who helped crush innocent Americans in Biden’s Soviet-style purge may finally be held accountable. This is a big deal @EagleEdMartin.”
BREAKING: A federal judge just cleared the way for the DOJ to receive the full list of 5,000+ FBI agents who “worked on January 6”
The people who helped crush innocent Americans in Biden’s Soviet-style purge may finally be held accountable
This is a big deal@EagleEdMartin
— John Strand (@JohnStrandUSA) July 19, 2025
Wow the Judge from my J6 case just did this!!😲😲
Judge dismisses FBI agents’ Jan. 6 lawsuit, handing Donald Trump’s DOJ a win https://t.co/1eaUEIe1NT— Siaka Massaquoi (@_SiakaMassaquoi) July 19, 2025
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