Two senior FBI agents ousted over investigation into alleged harassing calls to wife of Trump adviser Stephen Miller

Two senior FBI agents, Michael Burgwald and Courtland Rae, have been removed from their positions due to the handling of an investigation involving Katie Miller, the wife of White House adviser Stephen Miller, according to sources familiar with the decision. The agents were ousted by bureau leadership after investigators concluded that the harassing phone calls Katie Miller received from unknown individuals did not warrant further investigation and there was no nexus to terrorism identified.

FBI Director Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist, has fired or demoted numerous career employees who worked on past investigations into Trump and his allies. The decision to remove Burgwald and Rae was made at the Washington field office level alone, as confirmed by Darren Cox, the senior executive overseeing the bureau's DC office. Cox denied the move was influenced by FBI Director Patel.

The reassignment of the two senior officials has sparked outrage among rank and file FBI employees who view the personnel moves as politically motivated. The Millers have previously expressed dissatisfaction with the FBI's handling of incidents they perceived as threatening. The incident of the couple growing irate with FBI officials over pushback to investigate paper flyers critical of Stephen Miller that were posted in their neighborhood is also mentioned.

White House spokesperson Lauren Bis stated that Stephen and Katie Miller had no interaction with Burgwald or Rae, and that senior leadership at the FBI deemed them as hindering investigations into serious threats.