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Bondi Fires DOJ Paralegal Over Obscene Gesture Toward National Guard in D.C.

The move reflects a broader push to align Justice Department staff with support for law enforcement.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, after the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the power of federal judges by restricting their ability to grant broad legal relief in cases as the justices acted in a legal fight over President Donald Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington D.C., June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Appropriations Justice Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's budget request for the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 23, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Overview

  • Attorney General Pam Bondi terminated Elizabeth Baxter on Friday, citing a memo that said her conduct toward National Guard members warranted immediate removal from federal service.
  • Baxter, a paralegal in the Environmental Defense Section, allegedly flipped off Guard members at Metro Center on Aug. 18 and repeated disparaging remarks, with DOJ security footage capturing her conduct.
  • DOJ spokesperson Chad Gilmartin confirmed the dismissal on X, and colleague Gates McGarvick posted that employees who do not support law enforcement may not fit at the department.
  • The firing follows Bondi’s earlier ouster of paralegal Sean Charles Dunn, who is now charged with misdemeanor assault after a grand jury declined to indict him on a felony over an alleged sandwich-throwing incident.
  • The incidents unfolded as President Donald Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard members to the capital under a declared crime emergency.