FBI Bias Claims Prompt Women’s Caucus to Ask Bureau for Answers

Harassment and discrimination allegations at the FBI Training Academy have caught the attention of members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus.

Members of the caucus, including its co-chairwomen, Reps. Lois Frankel (Fla.), Jackie Speier (Calif.), and Brenda Lawrence (Mich.), and more than a dozen other congressional colleagues sent FBI Director Chris Wray a letter July 10 requesting information on the treatment of women at the agency’s academy.

Members requested the FBI turn over information about the agency’s policies and practices around fostering a “dignified and inclusive environment” for all of its trainees. They also asked for data pertaining to reports of ...