At least 10 FBI employees connected to an investigation of Donald Trump have reportedly been dismissed following revelations that the agency subpoenaed personal records of current FBI director Kash Patel and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in the years before Trump returned to office.

The ousters, reported by CBS News and CNN, were linked to the federal investigation led by former justice department special counsel Jack Smith into Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents that were found at his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort after his first term.

During the course of that investigation, Reuters reported on Wednesday, the FBI subpoenaed records of phone calls made by Patel and Wiles, who were both close to Trump but private citizens at the time.

The FBI has not yet responded to requests for comment from the Guardian. But in a statement to Reuters, Patel rebuked the agency he now heads and repeated claims that the actions are evidence of government overreach perpetuated by the Biden administration.