By Jasper Ward

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Department of Justice official on Friday for making a vulgar gesture to members of the National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., on her way to work.

"Today, I took action to terminate a DOJ employee for inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members in DC," Bondi posted on X, responding to a New York Post story about the firing.

She said people who disrespect law enforcement will no longer work at the department.

The fired employee, Elizabeth Baxter, was a paralegal at the department's environmental defense section, according to a memo to her from Bondi that was published by the New York Post, which first reported the dismissal.

Reuters could not immediately contact Baxter, who the newspaper

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