DEI Policies Still Active In Secret Service After Trump Executive Order: Report
Concerns are mounting over whether President Donald Trump’s newly appointed Secret Service director is swiftly executing his directive to eliminate DEI initiatives within the agency.
RealClearPolitics reporter Susan Crabtree highlighted the issue in a post on X, where she referenced a current transgender special agent who is requesting specific accommodations.
“Agents in the Secret Service are growing increasingly alarmed that new USSS Director Sean Curran is not immediately halting the Biden Administration’s DEI hiring and training priorities despite Pres. Trump’s executive order mandating that all executive agencies do so,” Crabtree wrote on X.
According to Crabtree, a transgender trainee who was assigned female at birth but later transitioned to male has sought to continue using female physical training standards while also being recognized as male and using the men’s restroom. The recruit was reportedly undergoing training at the Secret Service’s Rowley Training Center as recently as late January, after Trump had officially appointed Curran as director.
Crabtree stated that sources informed her that the recruit’s requested accommodations regarding pronouns had led to discontent among male agents.
“I provide this new information partly in response to some feedback I’ve received about the female special agent trainee who shot herself in the thigh Monday and had to be airlifted to a Baltimore hospital,” she noted.
“I’ve since learned that the woman trainee who shot herself on Monday during a nighttime training exercise at the Secret Service’s Rowley Training Center previously served as a Uniformed Division officer (guarding the White House) so did have regular experience with weapons handling and no prior incidents,” Crabtree added.
“I’m told by one source that she was known as smart and a respected UD officer and is back in training despite the self-inflicted wound. The agent is not facing anything life-threatening from the incident, although I’m told the doctors left the bullet in her thigh because it would cause more damage to remove it. She does happen to be the daughter of the Secret Service (ombudsman,) so she is known as a ‘legacy hire,’” she explained.
Meanwhile, other federal agencies have fully aligned with Trump’s executive order.
The nation’s intelligence agencies, now under the leadership of new Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, have quickly adjusted to the administration’s directive to eliminate DEI programs.
On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order dismantling DEI initiatives across the federal government, prompting agencies like the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency (NSA) to make the necessary changes.
“CIA is complying with the Executive Order,” a spokesperson told The Daily Caller.
“We are laser-focused on our foreign intelligence mission. We are complying with the EO and [Office of Personnel Management] Implementing Guidance. CIA sent out a notice on 31 January stating that Agency Resource Groups (ARGs), Directorate Resource Groups (DRGs), and Workforce Partner Groups have been disbanded,” the spokesperson stated.
Back in 2019, the CIA had publicly declared on X, “We’re proud to be featured as one of @Glassdoor’s picks for ‘Amazing Companies That Champion #LGBTQ Equality.’”
The Caller reported that the CIA had previously established groups catering to LGBTQ officers, as well as African American and Asian American employees.
“The CIA’s now deleted the Diversity and Inclusion page previously linked to a 2024 to 2027 CIA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategy, which the Caller learned is no longer in effect. The strategy does not appear on the agency’s site,” the outlet revealed.
Similarly, the FBI confirmed it is following the executive order and no longer identifies diversity as a fundamental principle.
“The FBI is fully complying with the Executive Order regarding DEI programs and implementation guidance provided by the Office of Personnel Management,” an FBI representative told The Caller.