The acting DOJ official behind a potential witch hunt against prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated the Capitol riot worked on Jan. 6 cases himself.

The disconnect between Emil Bove's aggressive stance at the time to hold rioters accountable — and his current hostility toward the Jan. 6 probe — has troubled some former colleagues.

One of the officials leading the hunt for prosecutors involved in investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol previously oversaw some of the cases himself. In a report published Tuesday, retired FBI official Christopher O’Leary told SpyTalk’s Michael Isikoff the development was “outrageous.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it would not target FBI employees who “simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner” as it reviews the role of all agents involved in investigating the more than 1,

A senior DOJ official in a memo said only agents "who acted with corrupt or partisan intent, who blatantly defied orders from Department leadership, or who exercised discretion in weaponizing the FBI" should be concerned.

NBC Justice reporter Ryan Reilly joins Nicolle Wallace to discuss his new bombshell reporting that former Trump lawyer now spearheading a new Justice Department effort called the ‘Weaponization Working Group’ that is tasked with examining current and former prosecutors and FBI employees – seemingly over their involvement investigating January 6th – actually investigated cases involving the Capitol riot himself.