Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Justice Department staffer seen flipping off National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

Bondi announced the staffing change in a Friday post on X. The former employee, Elizabeth Baxter, was caught by a Justice Department security camera flipping off National Guard troops and telling them to “f*** off,” according to the New York Post.

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

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.

If you oppose our mission and disrespect… https://t.co/E1NYMtALWu

— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) August 30, 2025

Baxter bragged about her confrontation with the National Guard troops to a security guard at the Department of Justice. On August 18, Baxter told a security guard that she had made the rude gesture to a National Guardsman at the Metro Center Metro Stop. A week later on August 25, she spoke to the security guard again about her feelings against the National Guard, according to the Post.

Baxter worked in the “4CON” building of the Justice Department – the same building that former Justice Department paralegal Sean Charles Dunn worked in. Dunn was fired from the department after allegedly throwing a Subway sandwich at a Customs and Border Patrol officer.

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Dunn was fired and charged earlier this month over the incident. In a video captured by a bystander, the 37-year-old former Justice Department employee allegedly shouted at federal agents, calling them “fascists” and yelling “f*** you.”

Dunn then began to walk away from the officers before stopping, approaching the federal agents, and allegedly throwing his sandwich at an officer before trying to run away.

On Wednesday, a grand jury refused to charge Dunn with felony assault over the sandwich toss. Federal prosecutors have since charged him again with a misdemeanor.

Bondi said earlier this month that Dunn had been fired over the incident.

“This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ,” Bondi said in a post on X at the time. “You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.”

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee and a strong advocate for Taiwan, said on Saturday he thought there would be future joint U.S.-Taiwanese weapons production, something Taipei has pushed for.

The United States is Taiwan’s most important international backer and weapons supplier despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties, though since President Donald Trump took office earlier this year no new arms sales have been announced.

Asked at a news conference in Taipei about the prospect for joint production of weapons including drones, Wicker, a Republican, was upbeat.

“I think there’s going to be joint production and joint efforts and that will depend on the skills present both on this side of the Pacific Ocean and ours, and actually we’re open to suggestion and innovation in that regard,” he said, at the end of a two-day visit where he met Taiwan President Lai Ching-te.

A Taiwan official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters that co-production of weapons was “very important.”

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Wicker is one of the fiercest supporters in the U.S. Congress for Taiwan. Beijing, which regularly denounces any shows of support for Taipei from Washington, has criticised his visit saying it opposes official interactions between Taiwan and the United States.

He is in Taiwan at a time the island is facing a 20% tariff on exports to the United States, as part of Trump’s sweeping new trade policy on many other parts of the world.

Wicker noted there were talks on trade going on around the world.

“That in no way affects the defence alliance and friendship and determination that the United States has to be a friend to the sovereign rights of the Taiwanese people to enjoy their democracy,” he said.

Administration officials have said that Trump remains fully committed to Asia-Pacific security matters as he pursues his trade agenda and a good personal relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China claims the democratically governed island as its own and has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control. Beijing has stepped up military and political pressure against the island in recent years.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Stephen Coates)