FBI director Kash Patel fires agent trainee over displaying a Pride flag
Trump-appointed FBI Director Kash Patel has fired an agent-in-training over an LGBTQIA+ Pride flag. According to three people close to the situation, the unidentified agent was terminated on the first day of the US government shutdown for displaying the flag in his workspace, per CNN. The employee, who had previously served as a field office diversity program coordinator and had received several awards, was enrolled in new agent training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, when he received his dismissal letter. In the letter, Patel cited the 47th president’s…
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