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ICYMI: @Comey Named In Sexual Harassment, Discrimination Lawsuit thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/breaki…
The former FBI director has been named in a lawsuit filed by former female FBI trainees who say they were sexually harassed in the FBI training academy.
The female trainees also claim they faced discrimination for being women and believe they were treated unfairly.
The female trainees also claim they faced discrimination for being women and believe they were treated unfairly.
Male instructors at the academy in Quantico, Va., exposed the women beginning in 2015 to a hostile work environment, sexual harassment and inappropriate jokes, according to the lawsuit.
One woman said that an instructor referred to an African-American female trainee as “spaghetti head,” a reference to her braids. The woman also said training agents made repeated sexual advances.
In particular, the lawsuit takes aim at the tactical training that plays out Hogan’s Alley, the academy’s mock town where hired actors play terrorists and criminals. Trainees practice making dangerous arrests where they use weapons.
Many of the female agent recruits were kicked out of the academy during this phase more quickly and more often than men were.
The suit named former F.B.I. director and Boy Scout @Comey, who is accused by one woman of dismissing her complaints, and Mark Morgan, President Trump’s nominee to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who oversaw the academy as a former top F.B.I. official.
Comey declined to comment. Mr. Morgan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Sixteen women sued, seven of whom continue to work for the F.B.I. Some women did not use their full names, fearing retaliation.
Sixteen women sued, seven of whom continue to work for the F.B.I. Some women did not use their full names, fearing retaliation.
As part of the lawsuit, they asked for a review of the training evaluation process; $300,000 each for emotional stress; and more female training instructors.
