Sacked agents sue FBI, saying they were punished for taking the kneeThe plaintiffs said adopting a gesture used by protesters helped to defuse tensions during the Washington DC protestTheir termination letters accused them of "a lack of impartiality" in their duties, they say. The agents believe they were fired on the orders of FBI boss Kash Patel, who is named as a defendant. Twelve fired FBI agents are alleging that they were unlawfully sacked because they knelt during a racial justice protest in Washington DC five years ago. They say their actions were reviewed at the time by both the FBI and the Department of Justice, of which the FBI is a part. During his tenure leading the FBI, Patel has been accused of a wider crackdown on personnel perceived to be disloyal to his ally Trump.