FBI sacks six agents linked to Trump classified documents inquiry

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sacked six of its agents linked to the 2022 investigation into US President Donald Trump, who kept classified documents at his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. The sackings have sparked outrage from an association representing personnel of the bureau.

The FBI raided Trump’s Florida home in 2022, when he was no longer in office, as part of an investigation into the handling of classified documents after his first term in the White House. The investigation has been closed.

FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the sacking of at least six agents for their work on the case, several US media outlets reported, according to the AFP news agency, Thursday (26/2/2026).

The FBI declined to comment.

Trump is alleged to have kept classified documents – including notes from the Pentagon and CIA – unsecured at his home in Mar-a-Lago and thwarted efforts to retrieve them.

The material included classified nuclear and defence documents, according to prosecutors.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing in the case, one of several filed against him after his first term.

Another investigation into allegations of trying to overturn the 2020 election has been dropped in line with Department of Justice policy not to prosecute sitting presidents.

The FBI Agents Association confirmed that the FBI agents had been sacked. The association condemned the sackings as a violation of “due process rights for those who have risked their lives to protect the United States”.

“This action weakens the Bureau by eliminating critical expertise and destabilising the workforce, eroding trust in leadership and jeopardising the Bureau’s ability to meet its recruitment goals – ultimately placing the country at greater risk,” the association said.