FBI loosens hiring standards on bestiality and workplace theft

The FBI has quietly loosened some of its hiring standards, meaning certain applicants with histories that previously would have automatically disqualified them can now potentially be considered for jobs at the bureau. According to a 28 August report by CBS News, the changes were communicated internally in a 16 June mem

Previously admitting paying for sex would have deemed a candidate ineligible to join bureau

Applicants who paid for sex fewer than three times in the last decade will not be automatically ruled out of FBI employment

The FBI has revised its hiring standards and no longer disqualifies applicants who admitted to hiring prostitutes or stealing from an employer. The new guidelines come following the retirement, resignation and termination of scores of FBI agents during the second Trump administration.