Overview
- Julia Curlee, who served as an NSC intelligence director and daily briefer to Vice President Mike Pence, went public this week saying she was told she was fired after a Laura Loomer post identified a “transgender, Biden holdover.”
- Curlee says the removal came about seventy days into President Trump’s second term and that she was fired on a Saturday then asked to return the following Monday to finish critical budget work the administration still needed.
- She alleges concrete workplace mistreatment under the administration, including being barred from the women’s bathroom and having her passport reissued with a male sex marker, which she says caused travel problems.
- The White House defended the president’s discretion to remove executive‑branch staff and criticized Curlee’s public essay, and reporting notes that key internal documents naming who ordered the removal are not yet publicly available.
- Her account has raised concerns about morale and the deterrent effect on transgender recruitment into intelligence roles and has prompted calls for further reporting and records to clarify personnel decisions and operational impacts.