India, Oct. 16 -- Nine former FBI employees have sued the bureau, saying they were fired only because they worked on the investigation into President Donald Trump's handling of classified records. The case is about the Mar-a-Lago documents probe led by former special counsel Jack Smith. Here's what we know.

According to CBS News, the nine former employees include special agents, intelligence analysts and staff operations specialists who worked on counterintelligence investigations. They were fired over two days in February 2026, just as the United States and Israel were preparing to launch military strikes against Iran.

The lawsuit states: "Plaintiffs were unlawfully terminated not for any cause or any legitimate reason, but only to sat...