US Attorney General Pam Bondi terminated Department of Justice paralegal Elizabeth Baxter for making an obscene gesture and disparaging National Guard service members. Bondi's memo stated that Baxter's inappropriate conduct toward National Guard service members warranted immediate removal from federal service. DoJ spokesperson Chad Gilmartin confirmed the reporting and another spokesperson, Gates McGarvick, reposted and commented that the DOJ might not be a good fit for those who do not support law enforcement. The New York Post reported Baxter raised her middle finger and uttered vulgarities at National Guard members on 18 August. President Donald Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard members to Washington, declaring a crime emergency and announcing a temporary federal takeover of the city's police department. Reuters reported that violent crime in Washington reached a 30-year low last year and that federal agents, including the FBI, were dispatched to patrol the capital. A legal challenge was filed by the city's attorney general.
The employee, Elizabeth Baxter, was a paralegal at the department's environmental defense section, according to a memo to her published by the New York Post, which first reported Friday's dismissal. Based on your inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members, your employment with the Department of Justice is hereby terminated, and you are removed from federal service effective immediately, Bondi wrote in the memo.
Reuters could not immediately contact Baxter, who the New York Post said had raised her middle finger and uttered vulgarities at National Guard members on 18 August and later disparaged the troops. Why is Trump deploying troops to Washington DC? | Cas Mudde Donald Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard members to the streets of Washington this month, declaring a crime emergency and announcing a temporary federal takeover of the city's police department.
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