FBI employees who followed orders in Jan. 6 investigations will not face criminal charges, Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said.

Bove made the announcement in a letter to FBI Acting Director Brian Driscroll. The FBI on Tuesday provided the Justice Department with over 5,000 names of FBI agents who worked on cases related to the protest at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, people familiar with the situation told CNN on Tuesday.

Names added to the list began on Friday when Bove sent a memo to FBI officials with the subject line: “Terminations.”

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