PALM BEACH, Florida – James Dennehy, the head of the FBI field office in New York, resigned his position Monday, after the U.S. Department of Justice accused his office of intentionally concealing thousands of documents related to convicted Palm Beach pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
“Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just did. I was not given a reason for this decision,” Dennehy said in an email to staff.
CNBC reported Dennehy “was given a choice to resign or be fired. He was eligible for retirement and has officially retired.”
Last month, Dennehy wrote another email to his staff after the DOJ demanded a list of FBI employees who worked cases against the hundreds of Trump supporters who rallied at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own as good people are being walked out of the FBI,” Dennehy wrote at the time.
“And others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy.”
“Time for me to dig in,” Dennehy added.
Online journalist Collin Rugg reports: “The resignation comes after AG Pam Bondi instructed FBI Director Kash Patel to launch an investigation into claims that the New York field office was hiding thousands of documents.
“Bondi said a source came forward claiming the field office had thousands of pages of docs.”
Bondi said to Jesse Watters of Fox News: “I repeatedly questioned whether this was the full set of documents responsive to my request and was repeatedly assured by the FBI that we had received the full set of documents.”
BREAKING: Head of FBI field office in New York *resigns* after the Department of Justice accused his office of hiding thousands of Epstein documents.
James Dennehy says he was forced to resign in an email to staff.
“Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement… pic.twitter.com/rNZWQpGT8O
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 3, 2025
“Late yesterday, I learned from a source that the FBI Field Office in New York was in possession of thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein.”
“Despite my repeated requests, the FBI never disclosed the existence of these files. When you and I spoke yesterday, you were just as surprised as I was to learn this new information.”
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