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FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Family
Bloomberg Law News • • world
Key Points:
- Two senior counterterrorism leaders at the FBI’s Washington Field Office were demoted and reassigned due to dissatisfaction with their handling of threatening phone calls made to Stephen Miller’s wife, Katie Miller.
- The demotions involved Special Agent in Charge Michael Burgwald and Assistant SAC Courtland Rae, both highly experienced and decorated officials with decades of counterterrorism service.
- The decision reportedly stemmed from frustration shared by the Miller family and possibly FBI Director Kash Patel regarding the slow progress in investigating the alleged harassment.
- These reassignments represent a significant loss of expertise in the office crucial to countering Middle East-related violent extremism, especially amid ongoing tensions with Iran.
- It remains unclear whether the orders came directly from FBI DC Chief Darren Cox alone or were influenced by Patel or the Miller family; neither the FBI nor the White House has commented publicly.
