A 16-year FBI veteran has launched a federal lawsuit, accusing the bureau of purging him for simply displaying a Progress Pride flag at his desk, a move he says amounts to systemic discrimination and a suppression of queer identity inside America's top law-enforcement agency.
David Maltinsky, a longtime intelligence specialist, filed the complaint on 19 November 2025 in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, naming FBI Director Kash Patel, the FBI, the Justice Department, and Attorney General Pam Bondi as defendants.
