{"id":8863,"date":"2025-06-04T08:28:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/retired-fbi-agent-supports-end-to-official-pride-celebrations-at-agency\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T08:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:28:29","slug":"retired-fbi-agent-supports-end-to-official-pride-celebrations-at-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/retired-fbi-agent-supports-end-to-official-pride-celebrations-at-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired FBI Agent Supports End to Official Pride Celebrations at Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Retired FBI Agent<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">FBI Pride Ban Is About Cost, Not Identity<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-06-04T01:00:01-07:00\">June 4, 2025 1:00 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-dfc57bfde50131a1c771db0b5101621b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-558bebda-17f2-4e7b-b91a-2bb314b93cf2-330392-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-558bebda-17f2-4e7b-b91a-2bb314b93cf2-330392-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1e\/16by9\/2025\/05\/31\/1e6f5eab66a84c4daa4c91dd1f1fb6dc_md.jpg\" alt=\"053025_jennifer_coffindaffer_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dfc57bfde50131a1c771db0b5101621b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bba7cc29a58d608877d4ac4ab476518f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Retired FBI agent <strong>Jennifer Coffindaffer<\/strong> is all for the FBI telling their agents to lay off the Pride Month celebrations this year &#8230; but she says it&#8217;s not about the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bba7cc29a58d608877d4ac4ab476518f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d89e07263cb7a29fa15aab7c6861193c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Catch the clip &#8230; Jennifer tells us the reasoning behind the email sent out by a rep for the Federal Bureau of Investigations to all employees &#8212; coming after the transition from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\"><strong>Biden<\/strong><\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Trump<\/strong><\/a> administrations &#8212; was to put a stop to gathering during company hours and using FBI time and resources.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d89e07263cb7a29fa15aab7c6861193c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bcb38028fde0ba06b0398f4f75bf92b8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Coffindaffer claims that so much money and energy go into banquets thrown for monthly events &#8212; such as Pride Month, Women&#8217;s History Month, and Black History Month &#8212; putting an end to these events will allow FBI agents to focus on their core mission &#8230; putting bad people in prison!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bcb38028fde0ba06b0398f4f75bf92b8--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-73a683e6280c23aa7c7f62c231438162\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250530_85f59b58f27243b59ba0803bc46b3617\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:10224722-67d1-412a-aec4-a45441bbb398\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/85\/4by3\/2025\/05\/30\/85f59b58f27243b59ba0803bc46b3617_md.jpg\" alt=\"kash patel pride parade split sub getty swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-73a683e6280c23aa7c7f62c231438162--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bd7eee981c37d0a2634f2c2065b62ec0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-email-instructs-employees-not-promote-pride-month-bureau-time-focused-only-our-core-mission?intcmp=tw_fnc&amp;taid=68388de71dc73200017355cb&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fox News Digital<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>obtained the email that says FBI Assistant Director for Public Affairs <strong>Ben Williamson<\/strong> wrote, &#8220;I want to take the opportunity to make FBI leadership\u2019s expectations clear: There should be no official FBI actions, events, or messaging regarding Pride Month.&#8221; June is officially recognized in the U.S. as LGBTQ+ Pride Month.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bd7eee981c37d0a2634f2c2065b62ec0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-45d8e678abd195031f4840dbd5e8b1ff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>President Trump nominated <strong>Kash Patel<\/strong> as his director of the FBI, but Thursday&#8217;s email came from Williamson, who reportedly wrote employees can do whatever they want in a personal capacity on their own time &#8230; but, they shouldn&#8217;t be using Bureau resources to promote their events.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-45d8e678abd195031f4840dbd5e8b1ff--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-78b726daac8daa28bd803b8b10ce4fd0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\">\n      <a id=\"gallery-link-ab4601c0-815f-4887-8cd3-6340cdf122c4\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2021\/06\/06\/stars-showing-off-their-pride\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:ab4601c0-815f-4887-8cd3-6340cdf122c4\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:10224722-67d1-412a-aec4-a45441bbb398\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"><br \/>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/3b\/4by3\/2025\/06\/03\/3b0473e4adcb4daf9af56554516ea6ad_md.jpg\" alt=\"Stars Showing Off Their PRIDE\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-78b726daac8daa28bd803b8b10ce4fd0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7db1d89e792ca89538b6f43d4138a453\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Jennifer assures the LGBTQ+ community that this is not a targeted ban, and is intended to continue for all other monthly heritage celebrations.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7db1d89e792ca89538b6f43d4138a453--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/04\/fbi-agent-supports-banning-pride-celebrations-at-work\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired FBI Agent FBI Pride Ban Is About Cost, Not Identity Published June 4, 2025 1:00 AM PDT Play video content TMZ.com Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer is all for the FBI telling their agents to lay off the Pride Month celebrations this year &#8230; 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