Trump Admin Forms ‘Special Investigations Team’ To Probe Men Stealing Women’s Opportunities

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s Departments of Justice and Education have created a joint task force to protect female athletes from “the pernicious effects of gender ideology in school programs and activities.”

The move is due to “the staggering volume” of Title IX complaints, the Education Department said in a Friday press release announcing the “Title IX Special Investigations Team.” Both the Education and Justice Departments have been vocal about Title IX situations in California and Maine, as well as other states around the country.

“Under the Biden administration, Title IX was weaponized contrary to its meaning to deny women their equal opportunity protections under the law,” Julie Hartman, an Education Department spokeswoman, told The Daily Wire. “Schools allowed male competitors to strip female athletes of their rightful accolades, threaten women’s safety, and subject them to the indignity of unfair competitions.”

Hartman explained that creating the team is “an unprecedented action” through which experienced investigators and attorneys will “thoroughly investigate violations and expeditiously enforce Title IX to restore women’s civil rights.”

“In America, this is the women’s rights issue of our time — and the Trump administration will fight relentlessly to protect them,” she said.

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday emphasized that protecting women and women’s sports was a “key priority” for the Justice Department.

“This collaborative effort with the Department of Education will enable our attorneys to take comprehensive action when women’s sports or spaces are threatened and use the full power of the law to remedy any violation of women’s civil rights,” she said.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon echoed Bondi’s pledge.

“To all the entities that continue to allow men to compete in women’s sports and use women’s intimate facilities: there’s a new sheriff in town,” McMahon said. “We will not allow you to get away with denying women’s civil rights any longer.”

The Title IX Special Investigations Team includes the Education Office for Civil Rights investigators and attorneys, the Justice Department Civil Rights Division attorneys, Education’s Office of General Counsel attorneys, Education’s Student Privacy and Protection Office case workers, and an FSA Enforcement investigator.

The move complements President Donald Trump’s executive orders on “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” and “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism.”

“From day one, the Trump Administration has prioritized enforcing Title IX to protect female students and athletes,” McMahon said. “Traditionally, our Office for Civil Rights (OCR) takes months, even years, to complete Title IX investigations. OCR under this Administration has moved faster than it ever has, and the Title IX SIT will ensure even more rapid and consistent investigations.”