Brian Driscoll, the acting FBI director and head of the bureau's Newark field office, pushed back so aggressively that some feared he would be dismissed.

The firings continue a streak of radical personnel changes in the government that have alarmed civil servants and legal ...

Trump said he was not aware of the removals. Officials also said that thousands of FBI agents who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol are under review.