A former FWC employee fired over a social media post involving the Charlie Kirk assassination earlier this month is now suing the agency, according to court records filed on Tuesday.

The lawsuit states that the former employee — identified as wildlife biologist Brittney Brown — had shared a post on her private Instagram account from another user called “@awhalefact,” a parody account that pretends to speak on behalf of a whale.

“The @awhalefact posts include a variety of messages, some of which are silly,” the lawsuit reads. “And some of which comment on matters of public concern — often from a wry or idiosyncratic viewpoint." Examples of posts by @awhalefact (Public Record)

But shortly after Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, Brown shared a post by the account while she was out of

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