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The FBI employees were fired by Director Kash Patel in February after their involvement in the investigation of Donald Trump over the storage of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and alleged election manipulation in 2020. These investigations were closed after Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election.
Nine FBI employees fired in connection with investigations against US President Donald Trump are demanding their reinstatement. In their lawsuit filed Thursday in a Washington court, they describe their expulsion as “political retaliation.”
The nine agents and analysts were fired by FBI Director Kash Patel in February. They were involved in the investigation against Trump for storing classified documents at his private residence, Mar-a-Lago in Florida. The investigation into the documents affair and another criminal case against Trump for alleged election manipulation in 2020 were discontinued after Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election.
“No legitimate reason”
They were “wrongfully fired,” the FBI employees said in their lawsuit. There was “no legitimate reason” for it, it was just to “satisfy the president’s personal revenge.” The government is also facing additional lawsuits from fired FBI agents challenging their termination.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The court will hear the FBI employees' lawsuit in the coming weeks or months.
Likely · Within weeks
Other fired FBI employees will file similar lawsuits challenging their firing.
Very likely · Within weeks

Nine former FBI agents and analysts are suing their firing by Director Kash Patel in February 2026, calling it political retaliation for their involvement in the investigation of Donald Trump over the Mar-a-Lago documents scandal. They demand their reinstatement and accuse the president of personal revenge.
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The Bundestag has decided to increase the tobacco tax, which will increase the price of a pack of 20 cigarettes from currently around eight euros to almost twelve euros by 2030. The federal government expects additional tax revenue of around twelve billion euros within four years. The Federal Council still has to approve the law, although no objection is currently expected.