James Dennehy, the head of the FBI's New York office, is out one month after he urged colleagues to “dig in” after the new administration requested the names of all agents who worked on Capitol riot cases.

The head of the FBI’s New York field office was forced to retire on Monday, after resisting the Department of Justice’s efforts to go after agents involved in the January 6 investigations, according to multiple reports.

The top FBI official who defiantly proclaimed last month he was prepared to “dig in” for a “battle” with the Trump administration over its request for the names of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6th cases retired under pressure today as the leader of the New York field office,