The FBI has provided the Justice Department with names of employees who worked on January 6-related cases after a new demand from the acting deputy attorney general, capping a weeklong back-and-forth between bureau leadership – who had sought to protect agent and staff identities – and the department.

President Donald Trump hasn’t been attending the swearing-in ceremonies for his Cabinet officials in the last two weeks, having Vice President JD Vance and others take part in the ceremonial moments — until Wednesday,

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.

A former federal prosecutor has said that FBI agents' lawsuits against Trump are the beginning of a wave of legal action by federal employees. Newsweek sought email comment from the Justice Department on Thursday.

For two weeks President Donald Trump's new administration has been racing to remake the Justice Department tasked with U.S. law enforcement. Leading the overhaul is Emil Bove, a lawyer who defended Trump in a criminal case stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.