FBI Agent Told To Keep Quiet After Telling Newspaper Politics Were Involved In Firings

FBI Agent Told To Keep Quiet After Telling Newspaper Politics Were Involved In Firings

An FBI agent was warned to keep quiet about the dismissal of a U.S. attorney after he told a newspaper her firing would hurt the agency's ongoing investigations and speculated politics was involved, a U.S. Senate panel heard on Tuesday.

FBI Director Robert Mueller defended the handling of the incident, saying: "I do not believe it's appropriate for our special agents in charge to comment to the media on personnel decisions that are made by the Department of Justice."

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