‘F–k The National Guard!’ Another DOJ Hire Is Out Of Work … For Flipping Off Federal Officers
Another Department of Justice worker has been dismissed for attacking federal law enforcement, by messaging if not physically.
Earlier, Sean Charles Dunn, a DOJ paralegal, was canned after throwing a sub sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agents.
He was accused of felony assault but a grand jury in the leftist enclave of Washington declined to indict, so prosecutors came back with a misdemeanor charge that now is pending.
But he lost his position immediately.
Now it’s happened a second time, with constitutional expert Jonathan Turley commenting on the firing of Elizabeth Baxter, another intern, who was fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi “for abusive conduct toward federal officers.”
“Baxter shouted profanities and flipped off a member of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., on her way to work. The termination raises legitimate free speech issues, but Baxter may have crossed the line by recounting the abuse at work,” he said.
Baxter’s case is different from Dunn’s in that she’s not accused of any assault.
However, he explained, “According to the New York Post, after arriving at a DOJ building on the morning of August 18, Baxter bragged to a security guard about how she had just made the gesture at the Metro Center Metro Stop. She also recounted how she told the guardsman, ‘F–k the National Guard.’”
Her original “protest” was not at work, or during work hours and DOJ guidelines affirm protection for expressing opinions on political subjects and candidates.
But her employment rules also state she may not: “Participate in political activities (to include wearing political buttons) while on duty; while wearing a uniform, badge or insignia of office; while in a government occupied office or building; or while using a government owned or leased vehicle.”
Turley explained Baxter’s insistent on repeating the “protest” to a security officer took her actions “into the workplace.”
“Not only did security footage capture her flipping off the National Guardsman and exclaiming, ‘F–k you!’ but she is also seen demonstrating to a department security guard how she held up her middle finger. She boasted to the security guard that she hated the National Guard and that she told them to ‘F–k off!’” he wrote.
She could challenge the action, he noted, but, “She elected to repeat the political expression inside the federal building to at least one other federal employee during office hours. As such, she destroyed much of the constitutional protection afforded to her earlier statements and demonstration.”
Earlier, Sean Charles Dunn, a DOJ paralegal, was canned after throwing a sub sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agents.
He was accused of felony assault but a grand jury in the leftist enclave of Washington declined to indict, so prosecutors came back with a misdemeanor charge that now is pending.
But he lost his position immediately.
Now it’s happened a second time, with constitutional expert Jonathan Turley commenting on the firing of Elizabeth Baxter, another intern, who was fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi “for abusive conduct toward federal officers.”
“Baxter shouted profanities and flipped off a member of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., on her way to work. The termination raises legitimate free speech issues, but Baxter may have crossed the line by recounting the abuse at work,” he said.
Baxter’s case is different from Dunn’s in that she’s not accused of any assault.
However, he explained, “According to the New York Post, after arriving at a DOJ building on the morning of August 18, Baxter bragged to a security guard about how she had just made the gesture at the Metro Center Metro Stop. She also recounted how she told the guardsman, ‘F–k the National Guard.’”
Her original “protest” was not at work, or during work hours and DOJ guidelines affirm protection for expressing opinions on political subjects and candidates.
But her employment rules also state she may not: “Participate in political activities (to include wearing political buttons) while on duty; while wearing a uniform, badge or insignia of office; while in a government occupied office or building; or while using a government owned or leased vehicle.”
Turley explained Baxter’s insistent on repeating the “protest” to a security officer took her actions “into the workplace.”
“Not only did security footage capture her flipping off the National Guardsman and exclaiming, ‘F–k you!’ but she is also seen demonstrating to a department security guard how she held up her middle finger. She boasted to the security guard that she hated the National Guard and that she told them to ‘F–k off!’” he wrote.
She could challenge the action, he noted, but, “She elected to repeat the political expression inside the federal building to at least one other federal employee during office hours. As such, she destroyed much of the constitutional protection afforded to her earlier statements and demonstration.”
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