Top NYC F.B.I. Agent Forced To Retire By Trump Administration

NEW YORK — The top official at the FBI New York Field Office, James Dennehy, was forced to retire on Monday, according to reports.

Dennehy announced his forced retirement in a letter to staffers at the FBI’s New York Field Office.

“Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just did. I was not given a reason for this decision,” he wrote in the letter.

"Regardless, I apologize to all of you for not being able to fulfill my commitment to you to serve as ADIC NY for at least two years. But as I leave today, I have an immense feeling of pride – to have represented an office of professionals who will always do the right thing for the right reasons."

The resignation comes after the Trump administration began removing agents who they believed unfairly investigated him and his followers after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Dennehy told his staff in an email last month to “dig in” as Trump officials moved to reshape the bureau, according to NBC News.

Dennehy and other high-ranking FBI officials resisted turning over the names of those who investigated the Jan. 6 attack, according to the New York Times.

Those actions seem to have saved thousands of agency employees who worked on the Jan. 6 investigation from fired, according to the report.

Lastly, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed the New York office’s failed to turn over all the investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein.