Former acting FBI director involved in Jan. 6 investigations fired

A senior FBI official who briefly served as acting director at the beginning of President Donald Trump's second term has been fired, two federal law enforcement sources told NBC News.

The official, Brian Driscoll, made headlines when he resisted a Justice Department directive to turn over a list of agents who had worked on Jan. 6 cases.

“This request encompasses thousands of employees across the country who have supported these investigative efforts,” Driscoll wrote in a memo to FBI employees at the time. “I am one of those employees.”

Driscoll, who'd been with the agency for almost 20 years, disclosed his firing in an email to colleagues, which was read to NBC News...