FBI Director Kash Patel ousts personnel tied to Trump classified documents probe

CNN: The ousters are part of a wider internal investigation into the actions taken in the probe that resulted in criminal charges against Trump and two of his employees, three people briefed on the matter said.

Patel ordered the wider investigation following the discovery of records showing that the FBI used subpoenas to obtain his communication records and the communications of now White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles during a 2022-2023 probe that eventually came under the leadership of special counsel Jack Smith, the people briefed on the matter said…