Jeanine Pirro, the Attorney for the District of Columbia, has reportedly overruled FBI Director Kash Patel in the latest move in the ever-present MAGA civil war.
An X post on Monday evening by New York Times correspondent Glenn Thrush says Pirro, a former Fox News host, has stepped in to stop Patel firing four veteran FBI agents targeted for their work on January 6 cases.
Pirro, who was handpicked by Donald Trump for her role, argued that firing the agents would hamper work on ongoing cases, according to Thrush.
The Daily Beast has contacted the FBI and DOJ for comment.
Patel has been on a firing spree in the last month, targeting agents who had worked with Jack Smith, the special counsel who led investigations into Trump and attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
NEWS: Jeanine Pirro has interceded to stop Kash Patel’s firing of 4 veteran F.B.I agents targeted for their work on J6 cases, according to sources. Firing the agents would hamper work on ongoing cases, she argued.
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) November 4, 2025
The four veteran agents fired by Patel this week are Jeremy Desor, Jamie Garman, Blaire Toleman and David Geist according to Reuters.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released over 1,000 pages of subpoenas from the “Arctic Frost” investigation Smith spearheaded. The documents did not redact the names of any FBI or Justice Department staff who were involved.
Garman was placed on administrative leave weeks ago after Grassley released records that revealed Smith had sought limited “tolling data” from the cell phones of eight GOP senators and one House member in the days before and following the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
Several other agents were fired on Monday, but the terminations were later reversed, Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s department suspended assistant U.S. attorneys Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White who called the January 6 attack a mob-fueled “riot” and had referenced Trump as part of their case.
They were suspended shortly after filing a sentencing recommendation against Taylor Taranto, who was pardoned by Trump earlier this year for his role in the 2021 attack.
Patel has already called out mysterious MAGA “allies” this week for not supporting him following allegations he used FBI planes to transport him to date nights with his girlfriend.
The embattled FBI director, 45, posted on X to defend his girlfriend, 26-year-old country singer Alexis Wilkins.
“I’ve always said—criticize me all you want,“ Patel wrote. ”But going after the people doing great work, my personal life, or those around me is a total disgrace. The disgustingly baseless attacks against Alexis—a true patriot and the woman I’m proud to call my partner in life—are beyond pathetic. She is a rock-solid conservative and a country music sensation who has done more for this nation than most will in ten lifetimes. I’m so blessed she’s in my life.”
He added to the end of his post, “And to our supposed allies staying silent—your silence is louder than the clickbait haters.”
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