FBI employees asked to explain their role in Jan. 6 cases: Sources
Several sources told ABC News that potentially thousands of FBI employees who were identified as having participated in investigations or prosecutions related to Jan. 6 were sent a questionnaire on Sunday to fill out, seeking to determine exactly what their roles were in those cases. The questionnaire has raised all sorts of questions and concerns within FBI ranks, sources said.
The employees have until 3 p.m. ET Monday to fill out the questionnaires, ABC News was told.
This is a direct result of acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove's recent request from the FBI for the names of employees who worked on Jan. 6-related cases. Bove said his office will be conducting a review to determine if any "personnel actions" are warranted.
As sources told ABC News, the FBI's Counterterrorism Division was tasked with coordinating the FBI's entire response, and last night CTD sent all 55 FBI field offices and all divisions within FBI headquarters lists of their employees identified as having participated in Jan. 6-related cases.
On Sunday morning, emails were sent to those identified employees with the questionnaire, which, among other things, asks about their current position, their title and role when working on Jan. 6-related cases, and when they last did any work related to Jan. 6, sources said.
In an email to employees on Sunday, one division head said he recognized that the questionnaire has raised "a lot of questions and concerns."
-ABC News’ Mile Levine, Pierre Thomas, Luke Barr, Jack Date and Katherine Faulders