Attorney General Pam Bondi Fires Doj Staffer For Alleged Obscene Gesture Toward National Guard Members

Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Justice Department worker connected Friday accused of flipping disconnected National Guard members deployed to Washington D.C. arsenic portion of President Donald Trump's effort to mitigate crime successful nan city, a Justice Department charismatic confirmed.

According to a memo sent by Bondi, nan veracity of which was confirmed by nan DOJ, nan employee, Elizabeth Baxter, worked arsenic a paralegal master successful nan department's Environment and Natural Resources Division.

The New York Post was first to report Baxter’s termination.

“Based connected your inappropriate behaviour towards National Guard work members, your employment pinch nan Department of Justice is hereby terminated, and you are removed from national work effective immediately,” Bondi wrote successful nan memo, arsenic confirmed by nan Justice Department.

A Justice Department charismatic told NBC News that Baxter was seen and heard utilizing nan vulgar motion and shouting to Guard members connected aggregate occasions.

The incidents allegedly occurred respective times during nan past 2 weeks, though NBC News has not independently confirmed nan accusations.

Armed members of nan National Guard patrol nan National Mall connected Wednesday successful Washington, D.C.Andrew Harnik / Getty Images

A spokesperson for nan Justice Department, Gates McGavick, lauded nan termination connected Friday, penning successful a station connected X, “if you don’t support rule enforcement, [Attorney General Pam Bondi’s] DOJ mightiness not beryllium a bully fit.”

The termination marks nan 2nd clip this period Bondi has terminated a Justice Department worker for behaviour she's deemed inappropriate toward rule enforcement personnel.

Weeks ago, Bondi fired a section paralegal aft he was caught connected camera throwing a sandwich astatine a Customs and Border Protection supplier extracurricular of a celebrated nightlife area successful D.C. She wrote astatine nan time, "you will NOT activity successful this management while disrespecting our authorities and rule enforcement."

Bondi initially sought to unafraid felony charges against that employee, Sean Dunn, but a expansive assemblage declined to return an indictment, a awesome that section residents did not place probable origin to backmost that charge. U.S. District Attorney Jeanine Pirro instead charged Dunn pinch misdemeanor assault.

Trump has consistently touted his effort to mitigate crime successful D.C., which was already declining, arsenic incredibly successful, pointing to further decreases this period successful acts for illustration carjackings. But nan effort has faced mounting disapproval from Democratic lawmakers and protestation from D.C. residents, galore of whom person characterized Trump's cognition arsenic overblown, a scare maneuver and racially motivated.