Trump Demands Preservation of FBI’s DEI Records

President-elect Donald Trump demanded that the FBI retain its records from its now-closed office for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

“We demand that the FBI preserve and retain all records, documents, and information on the now closing DEI Office—Never should have been opened and, if it was, should have closed long ago,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Why is it that they’re closing one day before the Inauguration of a new Administration? The reason is, CORRUPTION!”

The FBI did not explain why it closed its DEI office.

Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn (TN) recently wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray, stating that she was “deeply concerned” that the FBI prioritized DEI efforts over “its core mission of protecting the American people.”

“Put simply, your focus on woke DEI initiatives at the FBI has endangered our national security and the lives of all Americans. Americans now feel increasingly unsafe because of incidents like the January 1 terror attack, and the FBI’s prioritization of diversity over competence shows that their concerns are well founded,” the letter added. “Fortunately, the American people have spoken, and President Trump will soon bring law and order back to our nation. In the meantime, until the President-Elect’s nominee to lead the FBI is confirmed, the American people deserve to know the full extent to which your radical DEI agenda has compromised our national security.”

Trump has described his FBI pick, Kash Patel, as a “brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People.” Patel “played a pivotal role in uncovering the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, standing as an advocate for truth, accountability, and the Constitution,” Trump wrote. 

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