Ex-FBI Employee Sues After He’s Fired for Displaying Pride Flag the FBI Gave Him

Sarah Rumpf Nov 20th, 2025, 3:45 pm

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A former employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has filed a lawsuit saying he was wrongfully terminated for displaying a pride flag at his desk, arguing that the flag had been given to him by the FBI and his firing was a violation of his First and Fifth Amendment rights.

David Maltinsky filed his complaint Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Department of Justice, FBI, Attorney General Pam Bondi , and FBI Director Kash Patel .

In the complaint, Maltinsky describes how he wanted to be a Special Agent with the FBI since he was 11 years old, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. He started

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