A judge will consider blocking the FBI from assembling a list of agents involved in cases related to the Jan. 6 attack for potential disciplinary action or firings.

FBI agents who participated in investigations related to President Donald Trump have sued over Justice Department efforts to develop a list of employees involved in those inquiries that agents fear could be a precursor to discipline or termination.

FBI officials have complied with demands to provide the Justice Department with details of thousands of employees who worked on investigations related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, according to people familiar with the situation.

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove’s demand for the bureau to compile a list of everyone who worked on Capitol riot cases has stirred fears of retribution.

Two groups of FBI agents are seeking court orders to prevent President Donald Trump’s Justice Department from keeping and publishing a list of bureau employees who investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol attack,

By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two separate groups of FBI employees sued the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday, seeking to protect the identities of those agents and others who investigated supporters of Donald Trump for storming the U.