'It’s repugnant': Sexual misconduct shakes FBI's senior ranks

Former FBI analyst Becky alleges that an FBI supervisory special agent licked her face and groped her at a colleague’s farewell party in 2017. Photos: AP

An assistant FBI director retired after he was accused of drunkenly groping a female subordinate in a stairwell. Another senior FBI official left after he was found to have sexually harassed eight employees. Yet another high-ranking FBI agent retired after he was accused of blackmailing a young employee into sexual encounters.

An Associated Press investigation has identified at least six sexual misconduct allegations involving senior FBI officials over the past five years, including two new claims brought this week by women who say they were sexually assaulted by ranking agents.