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FBI agents and analysts who were fired for working on Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back

The investigation resulted in a dramatic 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago that recovered classified records and later produced an indictment in federal court in Florida charging then-former President Donald Trump with dozens of felony counts.

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PBS NewsHour· Oct 15, 7:26 PMFBI agents and analysts who were fired for working on Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back

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