The plaintiffs in this case are Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employees who investigated alleged participants in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building and/or the unlawful removal and storage of classified documents by Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Upon returning to office, President Trump ordered the FBI to make a list of all employees involved in the January 6th and Mar-a-Lago investigations and to share that list with the Department of Justice for investigation. The plaintiffs, John and Jane Does 1-9, have sued the Department of Justice to prevent further dissemination of information about January 6th and Mar-a-Lago investigators. The plaintiffs argued that the dissemination of this list would lead to unlawful retaliation against them, including wrongful termination and persecution. The plaintiffs argued that the creation and dissemination of a list of January 6th and Mar-a-Lago investigators violates the Privacy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, as well as the First Amendment rights of FBI agents.
On February 6, 2025 this case was consolidated with Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association v. Department of Justice (1:25-cv-00328), continuing under the name Does 1-9 v. Department of Justice.
