DOJ blames Biden's trans athlete policies for 'jeopardizing' girls' safety as it launches Title IX task force

Fox News senior correspondent Claudia Cowan joins 'Fox News @ Night' to discuss President Donald Trump and Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon threatening to cut funding to California schools over the transgender athlete ban.

EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday the creation of a Title IX special investigations team in conjunction with the Department of Education. The new initiative aims at addressing an "increasing volume" of Title IX cases, amid a flury of controversial incidents involving trans athletes in girls' and women's sports in recent years.

The DOJ provided an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital citing previous policies under the Joe Biden administration that enabled trans inclusion in women's and girls' sports for the situation the new investigations team will look to address.

"Women across America have spent the last four years disenfranchised by the Biden administration that allowed men to compete in girls’ sports - jeopardizing their safety, stealing their scholarships and stripping them of hard-earned awards," the statement read. 

"This Task Force was created with the sole mission of going after bad actors who continue to endanger young women with woke gender ideology. It will leverage every legal resource available to ensure states and organizations follow Title IX to protect women’s civil rights and competitive sports." 

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The Biden administration took steps starting on day one of the former president's term to enable trans inclusion in women's and girls' sports.

On Biden's inauguration day in January 2021, Biden signed an executive order on "Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity