Daily Caller Features AIM’s Fight to Expose Hidden DEI Inside State Universities
January 28, 2026
Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) on Wednesday filed a federal complaint calling for an investigation into Arizona State University (ASU) after an administrator was caught on a hidden camera admitting the university still practices diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
ASU’s associate director of the criminology department, Rebecca Loftus, admitted to an undercover investigator that DEI is still embedded in the school’s curriculum, while staff has been hiding the ideology, according to a video released by Accuracy in Media (AIM). PPT is calling on the Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice to “investigate Arizona State University and, if violations are substantiated, sanction the institution to the extent the Department deems appropriate,” according to the complaint obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“[A]ccording to Loftus’ own words, she believes the school is risking federal funds from being withheld due to the nature of the school’s DEI activities,” the complaint reads. “If school leadership is of that opinion, certainly this matter is worthy of an investigation.”
Loftus stated in the video that “there is a lot” of DEI still involved in the criminal justice curriculum, but that it is not “broadcast” as openly today. The director said there is an “idea office” designing classes for the department that ensures the school is “celebrating the diversity of our students.”
“You’re not going to find very many programs that are going to broadcast it as before because the federal funding for universities, especially state-run universities like ASU… If you have federal funds that are withheld, it really makes a big impact,” Loftus stated in AIM’s video.
Loftus went on to explain the classes still teach about “discriminatory practices” and how some policies disproportionately “target” certain communities, according to AIM.