The plan appears to be part of a broader effort to shift the agency’s focus from tracking national security threats to fighting street crime.

Five agents were fired earlier this month, exacerbating concerns about politicization at the law enforcement agency.

Jensen, a veteran agent who helped oversee the Jan. 6 investigation from his position as chief of the FBI's domestic terrorism section, was given a significant promotion by Patel to be the assistant director in charge of the Washington Field Office, one of the largest outposts in the country.

FBI Director Kash Patel commits to "rooting out" and "declassifying" everything involved in the "Russiagate" scandal and weaponization of federal law enforcement against President Trump. "I am committed to rooting it out.

The FBI warns Russian hackers are targeting outdated networking devices, altering system configurations, and seeking access to critical infrastructure. Businesses and individuals are urged to check their networks and report suspicious activity.

The scam is a form of “brushing” used by online vendors to artificially improve the ratings of their products.

FBI Director Kash Patel told FBN's Larry Kudlow on Wednesday that the capture of accused child killer Cindy Singh is the fourth arrest of the FBI's famous "top ten most wanted" list in the last six months.

Hackers associated with some of Russia’s most prolific cyber espionage units have over the last year been leveraging a vulnerability in older Cisco software to target thousands of networking devices associated with critical infrastructure IT systems,

An FBI task force raided four spas and the residence of a Chinese immigrant on Wednesday in what a federal criminal complaint described as a takedown of a sprawling prostitution ring.