At least five senior FBI leaders who were promoted by former Director Christopher Wray have been notified they are being demoted or reassigned, according to sources briefed on the matter, extending a purge that began last week at the Justice Department across the street from the FBI headquarters.

The FBI has recorded a sharp spike in complaints that its own agents and employees have engaged in sexual misconduct, ranging from assault to harassment, despite a pledge by the bureau’s leaders to eliminate the longstanding problem.

WASHINGTON — Paul Abbate, who as the FBI’s longtime deputy director had been expected to replace Director Christopher A. Wray on an acting ... to run the FBI while Senate confirmation ...

A longtime FBI deputy director who had been expected to replace Director Christopher Wray on an acting basis is retiring from the bureau.

The FBI director, IRS commissioner and vice chair of the Federal Reserve, all criticized by Republicans, have opted to resign instead of staying in their jobs, which have terms designed to straddle presidential administrations.

Brian Driscoll was tapped to lead the FBI pending the Senate confirmation of Kash Patel ... who served for the last four years as Wray’s deputy and had been in line to serve as acting director ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Abbate, who became the FBI's acting director following the departure of Christopher Wray, is retiring ... expected to run the FBI while Senate confirmation proceedings ...

Brian Driscoll was tapped to lead the FBI pending the Senate confirmation of Kash ... the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team. FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a farewell ceremony for Attorney ...

Brian Driscoll was tapped to lead the FBI pending the Senate confirmation of Kash Patel ... who served for the last four years as Wray's deputy and had been in line to serve as acting director ...

But the attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs that Donald Trump and JD Vance advanced at their press briefing Thursday—which was nominally in response to the tragic mid-air collision over the Potomac River Wednesday night—is foolish on its own terms.

Democrats persistently rung alarms about Patel’s professions of obeisance to Trump. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island suggested Patel fit the mold of an authoritarian foot soldier, characterizing him as vengeful, intemperate, and servile. “I’m afraid that the history of this nominee’s conduct raises those warnings,” he said.

The affected employees include about a half-dozen “executive assistant directors,” who are some of the bureau’s top managers.