REPORT: Kash Patel FIRES FBI Employee for Displaying Gay Pride Flag on Desk

Reportedly, FBI Director Kash Patel has already started making cuts now that the government is shut down.

And, he’s started with an employee who displayed a gay pride flag on his desk while working in California last year.

According to a report from MSNBC, Patel fired an agent-in-training over the pride flag incident on Wednesday.

Here are the details:

🚨BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly terminated an agent in training after the agent displayed a gay pride flag on their office desk.

Sources told MSNBC the dismissal letter cited the flag as an “inappropriate display of political signage.” pic.twitter.com/LElLBEhRYP

— Timcast News (@TimcastNews) October 3, 2025

Now, keep in mind that this story originated from an MSNBC report.

So, take it with a grain of salt.

Here’s more from the original MSNBC report:

FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday fired an agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk while appointed to a field office in California last year, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The trainee, who previously worked as an FBI support specialist in Los Angeles, received a letter — dated Oct. 1 and signed by Patel — claiming he had displayed an improper “political” message in the workplace during his assignment in California under President Joe Biden, according to a copy of the letter shared with MSNBC.

The letter cited President Donald Trump’s Article II powers under the Constitution to dismiss federal agency career personnel, a justification used in several recent firings at the Department of Justice and FBI. The terminations are currently being challenged in several lawsuits.

“After reviewing the facts and circumstances and considering your probationary status, I have determined that you exercised poor judgment with an inappropriate display of political signage in your work area during your previous assignment in the Los Angeles Field Office.”

FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL

“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,” read the letter, which was sent on the first day of a nationwide government shutdown that created job uncertainty throughout the federal workforce.

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“After reviewing the facts and circumstances and considering your probationary status, I have determined that you exercised poor judgment with an inappropriate display of political signage in your work area during your previous assignment in the Los Angeles Field Office,” Patel wrote, without referencing a flag.

The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment about this story. MSNBC was unable to reach the fired trainee for comment and, therefore, is not identifying him.

Wednesday’s dismissal comes after Trump and Russell Vought, the White House director of the Office of Management and Budget, threatened widespread firings of federal employees in the event of a government shutdown.

The agent trainee, who had most recently been assigned to the FBI Academy in Quantico, won an Attorney General’s Award in 2022 in recognition of his work, according to a Justice Department news release.

If this news is true, then good riddance!

It’s exactly what I voted for.

The FBI is no place for so-called ‘gay pride flags’…

Which, by the way, are now banned from all federal buildings under the ‘One Flag Policy’ that the Trump administration implemented earlier this year.

Only one flag is allowed at FBI offices — and it isn’t the rainbow one!

BREAKING 🚨 Kash Patel FIRED an FBI agent for displaying a Pride Flag on their desk

GOOD RIDDANCE pic.twitter.com/JsOw0bIt9d

— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) October 3, 2025

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