DOJ Employee Who Disrespected National Guard Members Has Been Fired: Bondi

‘If you oppose our mission and disrespect law enforcement—you will no longer work at DOJ,’ Bondi said.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi on Aug. 29 said she fired an employee from the Justice Department (DOJ) “for inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members in [Washington].”

“If you oppose our mission and disrespect law enforcement—you will NO LONGER work at DOJ,” Bondi wrote in a post on X.

The firing was first reported by New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, who obtained the department memo notifying the employee, Elizabeth Baxter, of her termination.

According to the memo, the removal was effective immediately. Baxter worked as a paralegal in the DOJ’s environmental defense section.

Bondi noted in the memo that if applicable to her situation, Baxter “may have a right to file an appeal of this removal with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) within 30 days of the effective date of the removal action.”

DOJ spokesperson Gates McGavick said in a post on X, “Very simple: if you don’t support law enforcement, [Bondi’s] DOJ might not be a good fit.”

According to The New York Post, the firing was a result of an investigation into security camera footage at the DOJ’s office in the NoMa neighborhood of Washington.

Baxter was seen on camera and was described by witnesses as making obscene gestures at National Guard soldiers in Washington. She was also heard making obscene comments about the guard to the DOJ security officer on duty in her office building on multiple occasions, the Post reported.

The Epoch Times could not immediately contact Baxter for comment.

Another DOJ employee, Sean Dunn, was removed from his position at the department after he was charged with assaulting a Customs and Border Protection agent during the federal policing takeover of Washington in early August. Dunn allegedly threw a sandwich at an officer and then attempted to run away before being apprehended.

Bondi said in a post on X that she fired him after learning that he was an employee.

Recently, President Donald Trump temporarily took control of law enforcement in Washington in a clampdown on crime to address ongoing public safety concerns.

As part of this effort, the federal government has dispatched agents from numerous agencies, including the FBI and National Guard, to patrol the capital’s streets. The National Guard troops do not have the authority to arrest people but they can detain people until law enforcement arrives.

Following a legal challenge filed by the city’s attorney general, the Trump administration negotiated a deal with Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser to keep Pamela Smith, chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, in charge of the department’s operations.

Bowser on Aug. 29 said she and her officials “greatly appreciate” the added presence of law enforcement since the federal surge.

“We know that when carjackings go down, when the use of guns goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer,” she said. “So this surge has been important to us for that reason.”

At the same time, she expressed her displeasure that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were wearing masks while on duty to protect their identities.

While some, mostly Democrats, have criticized the move to deploy the National Guard in Washington, supporters of the policy have pointed to lower crime in the district to show that the deployment has had success.

“DC will soon be a CRIME FREE ZONE, in only 14 days, far faster than scheduled,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Aug. 28.

Days earlier, he also called for the death penalty for anyone who commits murder in the nation’s capital as “a very strong preventative” measure.

Since the federal surge began, 151 illegal guns have been seized in Washington and 1,452 arrests have been made, Bondi said on Aug. 30.

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