Grassley shares in his opening remarks at FBI director nominee Kash Patel's confirmation hearing about emails his office received implicating an anti-Trump special agent with going outside his purview to initiate a federal investigation.

The Justice Department has fired multiple employees who worked with Special Counsel Jack Smith on his criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. Since his inauguration last week, the Trump administration has moved quickly to reshape the federal workforce—including ordering all federal workers back to the office and purging departments of diversity,