Bondi ousts DOJ staffer for ‘inappropriate’ actions toward National Guard troops in DC

Attorney General Pam Bondi ousted a Justice Department (DOJ) staffer for “inappropriate conduct” toward National Guard troops who are deployed to patrol the nation’s capital amid President Trump’s federal police takeover.

“Today, I took action to terminate a DOJ employee for inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members in DC. @TheJusticeDept remains committed to defending President Trump’s agenda and fighting to make America safe again,” Bondi said in a late Friday post on social platform X. 

“If you oppose our mission and disrespect law enforcement — you will NO LONGER work at DOJ,” she added.

Bondi terminated Elizabeth Baxter, who worked in the DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.

“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,” the attorney general wrote in a Friday memo, which was first obtained by The New York Post. 

The staffer reportedly bragged to a DOJ security guard earlier this month that she told a soldier at the Metro Center stop, “F**k the National Guard” and flipped them off, Bondi told The Post. The following week, she similarly told another security guard that she despises the National Guard and purportedly told them to “F**k off!”

Baxter is the second DOJ employee who was fired by Bondi this month for behavior deemed unacceptable. 

Sean Dunn was ousted from the DOJ after allegedly throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent in protest of their deployment to the district. This week, Dunn was charged with misdemeanor assault after a felony indictment failed to stick.

“Very simple: if you don’t support law enforcement, @AGPamBondi’s DOJ might not be a good fit,” DOJ spokesperson Gates McGavick said Friday night on X.