The FBI employee was fired on the first day of the government shutdown as President Trump threatened more terminations.

The FBI employee was fired on the first day of the government shutdown as Trump threatened more terminations.

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.

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    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.

    Governing by presidential decree is as close as you can get to absolute monarchy - or, let’s called it as it is, fascist tyranny - in this country. And they already started dismantling the last remaining obstacles. As he himself said “if you vote for me you’ll never have to vote again”.

    The terminations are currently being challenged in several lawsuits.

    Good.

    This shit is horrible, but it gets worse. People are dying from this regime.