WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) -

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that she has terminated Department of Justice paralegal Elizabeth Baxter for making an obscene gesture toward National Guard personnel deployed in Washington, D.C.

Baxter, who served as a paralegal in the Environmental Defense Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, was captured on DOJ security footage on August 18 raising her middle finger at National Guard service members at the Metro Center Metro Stop and shouting profanities, according to Bondi’s termination memo. Baxter later boasted to a DOJ security guard that she had “just made the gesture” and said, “F-k the National Guard,” Bondi wrote.

“Today, I took steps to terminate a DOJ employee for inappropriate behavior toward National Guard personnel in DC,” Bondi posted on X. “If you oppose our mission and disrespect law enforcement-you will NO LONGER work at DOJ.” The memo, obtained by the New York Post, states that Baxter is removed from her position of Paralegal Specialist, GS-0950-11, effective immediately.

Baxter’s dismissal follows the firing of another DOJ paralegal, Sean Charles Dunn, earlier this month after he was accused of hurling a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer. Bondi has underscored that any Department employee showing disrespect for law enforcement will face termination.