FBI email instructs employees not to promote Pride Month on bureau time: 'Focused only on our core mission'

FIRST ON FOX: Agents and directors astatine the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) received an email from enactment connected Thursday instructing them not to enactment successful Pride Month successful their nonrecreational capacity, a departure from the code of the Biden administration’s bureau.

"I’ve received respective questions astir the FBI’s stance connected Pride Month and what related activities FBI divisions and employees should oregon should not enactment in," FBI Assistant Director for Public Affairs Ben Williamson said successful an email obtained by Fox News Digital addressed to adjunct directors successful complaint and peculiar agents successful complaint connected Thursday morning. 

"So, I privation to instrumentality the accidental to marque FBI leadership’s expectations clear: There should beryllium nary authoritative FBI actions, events, oregon messaging regarding Pride Month."

The email explains that employees are "free to bash arsenic you like" successful their "personal capacity" oregon "on your ain time."

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The FBI instructed employees connected Thursday not to beforehand Pride Month successful their nonrecreational capacity. (Getty)

"But connected FBI time, utilizing FBI resources and your Bureau affiliation, you and your divisions are expected to instrumentality nary authoritative actions oregon contented immoderate circumstantial messaging," Williamson said, adding that the "stance successful nary mode lessens the FBI’s committedness to service and support each American successful our state oregon welcoming colleagues from each walks of life."

"What it does mean is ensuring that the American radical spot we are focused lone connected our halfway mission."

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The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The FBI did not respond to a petition for comment. 

Shifting distant from authoritative celebrations of Pride Month represents a displacement from messaging during the Biden administration, which saw respective examples of the bureau promoting the month, including taking part successful a Kansas City Pridefest and mentioning Pride Month in press releases.

The Biden medication faced disapproval from conservatives successful caller years aft the White House and departments vocally supported Pride Month, which is observed for the period of June, with ceremonial celebrations. 

Then-President Joe Biden hosted a "Pride Month 2023" lawsuit connected the White House lawn, decorating the country with rainbow motifs and the "Progress Pride flag."

FBI Director Kash Patel, joined astatine close by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, answers questions arsenic the Senate Intelligence Committee holds its worldwide threats proceeding connected March 25, 2025. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

"Today, the #FBI raised the #pride emblem astatine our office successful enactment of our #LGBTQ colleagues," the FBI posted connected societal media successful June 2021. "We convey them for their contributions to the FBI and the country. #PrideMonth."

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The email comes aft the Trump medication has shifted distant from diversity, equity and inclusion messaging and programs successful national government, alternatively focusing connected meritocracy and the idiosyncratic missions of departments.

"Let bully cops beryllium cops—and rebuild spot successful the FBI," FBI Director Kash Patel said successful his first statement aft being sworn successful to pb the bureau.