India, Oct. 3 -- FBI director Kash Patel on Wednesday local time reportedly fired an agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk during a previous assignment at a California field office.

The latest termination follows a series of high-profile firings by Patel in September, including more than a dozen FBI employees dismissed for taking a knee during crowd control in Washington DC, amid Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

This also comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to remove what he calls "woke" ideology from the federal government.

The trainee, who had served as an FBI support specialist in Los Angeles, received a letter dated October 1 and signed by Patel. The letter accused him of ...