The agents' move in the 2020 demonstration was understood as a possible de-escalation tactic but Kash Patel's FBI appears to have seen it differently.

Several FBI agents who were photographed kneeling with demonstrators during the 2020 protests following George Floyd’s death have been reassigned to less desirable roles, according to a new report.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling with demonstrators during a 2020 protest in the wake of police killing of George Floyd, people briefed on the matter told CNN.