Julia Curlee brings stories of a remarkable career, recounting her time as a CIA analyst and as an intelligence briefer for Vice President Mike Pence. She begins, however, by talking about the most “unremarkable” aspects of her tenure: up until she was fired in 2025 by the Trump administration for being transgender, Curlee recalls a tolerant government and a good working relationship with Pence. The former Vice President “used the intelligence community the way it was designed,” she tells Nicolle, as opposed to some current intelligence personnel who concern themselves only with “providing the president with information that he wants to hear.” She points to this shift as one of many examples of how the second Trump term is…
Julia Curlee spent decades serving the government across multiple presidential administrations, including Trump and Biden. However, she was fired quickly after President Trump took office for the second time. Curlee, who is the first transgender CIA officer to stay in the position after transitioning, joins Peter Alexander to speak out about her years of service in the intelligence community and her national security concerns after being let go. MS NOW reached out to the White House about Curlee's comments to which they defended her firing, saying Trump "can remove any executive branch official at his discretion."
Julia Curlee spent decades serving the government across multiple presidential administrations, including Trump and Biden. However, she was fired quickly after President Trump took office for the second time. Curlee, who is the first transgender CIA officer to stay in the position after transitioning, joins Peter Alexander to speak out about her years of service in the intelligence community and her national security concerns after being let go. MS NOW reached out to the White House about Curlee's comments to which they defended her firing, saying Trump "can remove any executive branch official at his discretion."
Julia Curlee, a transgender former CIA official, recalled a positive moment when then-Vice President Mike Pence invited her family to the West Wing at the end of her tenure.
Julia Curlee, a former CIA official, told CNN’s Dana Bash about what it was like to serve on the National Security Council during President Trump’s second term as a transgender woman. #CNN #News
Julia Curlee spent nearly twenty years at the CIA and briefed then-Vice President Mike Pence every morning for a year. 70 days into the Trump administration, she was let go and is now speaking out to MS NOW's Peter Alexander. Watch the full interview on "State of Play with Peter Alexander" at 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday, August, 19.
Julia Curlee served the U.S. for nearly 20 years, personally briefing President Trump and Biden as well as Vice President Pence. Curlee says the Trump administration did not care that she was transgender until her gender identity became public. Host of MS NOW's "State of Play" Peter Alexander joins Alicia Menendez to share more on his conversation with Curlee.
