According to a report by CNN on February 6th, the FBI provided the Department of Justice with a list of names of employees involved in the investigation of the "1.6 U.S. Capitol riots" after another request from acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove, ending a week-long dispute between the FBI leadership and the Department of Justice. FBI leadership has tried to protect the identities of these employees.

Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll told employees in an email that day that the FBI provided the list to the Department of Justice through a classified system to protect employees' identities from being made public. "I want to be clear that, as of now, there is no information that the Department of Justice intends to publicly release these lists, and they are fully aware of the risks we believe there are in doing so," Driscoll said in an email.

Over the past few days, the FBI leadership and the Department of Justice have been debating how to protect information collected during the review of the investigation related to the "1.6 U.S. Capitol riot" case. On February 4th, the FBI provided information on more than 5,000 employees, including their Social Security numbers, positions, and their roles in the "1·6 U.S. Capitol riots" investigation, but did not disclose their names.

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said in a memo that the information was not collected to retaliate against agents involved in the investigation. On the 5th, Bove accused the FBI leadership of "disobeying orders" and refused to disclose the "core team" personnel involved in the investigation.