President-elect Donald Trump demanded on Thursday night that the FBI retain all records from the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office that it closed last month.
The Bureau quietly closed its Office of Diversity and Inclusion last month ahead of Trump’s inauguration as the president-elect has promised to gut DEI efforts throughout the federal government — a move that many corporations have started to do over the last year.
“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 social media. “Why is it that they’re closing one day before the Inauguration of a new Administration? The reason is, CORRUPTION!”
The FBI said in a statement that it closed the office last month, but it did not elaborate on why.
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