"On the first day of the federal government shutdown, FBI Director Kash Patel dismissed a trainee agent after learning that the person had displayed a rainbow Pride flag at their desk during a prior assignment in Los Angeles during the Biden administration. The move, first reported by MSNBC's Carol Leonnig, a multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with deep law enforcement sourcing,"
"In a letter dated October 1, Patel invoked President Donald Trump's claimed Article II powers to fire career personnel without the traditional due process. Patel informed the trainee: "You are being summarily dismissed from your position as a New Agent Trainee at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and removed from the federal service." The letter, obtained by MSNBC and delivered on the first day of a nationwide government shutdown that had already created job uncertainty across the federal workforce, accused the employee of poor judgment."
On the first day of a federal government shutdown, FBI Director Kash Patel dismissed a trainee after learning the person had displayed a small rainbow Pride flag at a prior Los Angeles assignment. Patel cited alleged poor judgment and invoked claimed Article II powers to remove the employee without traditional due process. The trainee received a letter stating summary dismissal from the FBI Academy in Quantico and removal from federal service. The letter referenced an inappropriate display of political signage during probationary service. The dismissal surprised Bureau colleagues because the trainee was decorated, coordinated diversity programming, and had received major awards.
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