Top FBI official tied to Trump's retribution campaign suddenly quits

An FBI official who served on a working group tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump's retribution campaign is calling it quits, according to a report.

Marshall Yates, the FBI's congressional affairs director, is expected to step down from the FBI on Friday, CBS News reported, citing sources. The former Capitol Hill operative cited a desire to spend more time with family.

Yates' abrupt exit comes amid swirling questions about his role in the Trump administration's campaign of retaliation.

The FBI official served as one of the bureau's representatives on the Interagency Weaponization Working Group.

"He has also been involved with the Justice Department-led Weaponization Working Group on topics including the prosecutions of Jan. 6 rioters and the potential reinstatement of fired former FBI agents who have claimed they were removed during the Biden administration for complaints about COVID-19 protocols, the Jan. 6 cases and other issues," the report said.

As the key liaison between the FBI and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, Yates found himself at the center of a firestorm when Grassley's office released unredacted names of FBI agents who investigated Trump.

Yates previously worked for Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (KY) and worked with the Election Integrity Network, which sought to overturn the 2020 election.