Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove’s demand for the bureau to compile a list of everyone who worked on Capitol riot cases has stirred fears of retribution.

An anonymous group of FBI agents and employees took the unusual step on Tuesday of suing the U.S. Justice Department in a bid to prevent President Donald Trump and his allies from publicly disseminating a list of names of all the bureau's employees who worked on Jan.

The lawsuit follows a Jan. 31 memo from the acting deputy attorney general ordering the firing of several FBI leaders and calling for the identification of other agents.