The FBI has provided the Justice Department with names of employees who worked on January 6-related cases after a new demand from the acting deputy attorney general, capping a weeklong back-and-forth between bureau leadership – who had sought to protect agent and staff identities – and the department.

A top Justice Department official on Wednesday told FBI agents they would not be fired if they worked on January 6 investigations because they were ordered to do so and accused FBI leaders of insubordination for initially opposing demands for agents' names.

A judge is considering whether to issue a restraining order to block the FBI from releasing a list of agents who were involved in cases related to the Jan. 6 attack.

FBI officials have complied with demands to provide the Justice Department with details of thousands of employees who worked on investigations related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, according to people familiar with the situation.

A fight between the Department of Justice and the FBI Agents Association about a list of thousands of bureau employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases spilled out into the courtroom Thursday and was left unresolved after an all-day hearing.