Kash Patel and Pam Bondi Face Lawsuit From Ex-FBI Agents

Two unnamed former FBI special agents have sued FBI Director Kash Patel, claiming he has violated their First and Fifth Amendment rights when he fired them allegedly without notice, internal investigation, or hearing, according to a court filing. The plaintiffs also named U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi, the FBI, and the Department of Justice DOJ as co-defendants in their complaint.

The plaintiffs, merely identified as John Doe 1 and 2, were involved in the Arctic Frost investigation into the effort to overturn the 2020 Presidential election, which alleged that President Donald Trump, then out of office, broke the law attempting to overturn the election he lost to Joe Biden.

The court filing alleges that when Republicans disclosed Artic Frost documents in October 2025, lawmakers decried the agents involved in the investigation as "partisan operatives" and revealed names of some of those agents.

Soon after this revelation, Patel fired the plaintiffs, which they allege was done "based solely on their assignment to Arctic Frost." "

Defendant Patel, Defendant Pamela J. Bondi, President Trump, and others who urged the agents’ firings perceived the agents to be politically opposed to President Trump because of the agents’ assignment to Arctic Frost," the complaint states, adding that Trump and Patel made "public statements impugning the integrity of Arctic Frost agents," of which Patel called them "corrupt actors" who had engaged in "weaponized law enforcement."

The plaintiffs ask for the court to issue an order requiring the FBI to reinstate them and prevent the agency from taking any further adverse personnel action against each of them without providing "appropriate procedural due process." Any reinstatement would also require the FBI to amend their records and personnel folders.

Additionally, they ask the court to award the costs of the action and reasonable attorney fees, as well as "such other relief as the Court may deem just and proper."

This is a breaking news story. Updates will follow.

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