Veteran DOJ official sues after being fired for predicting Trump admin would protect its friends on 'Epstein list'
Source: Law & Crime
Nov 25th, 2025, 12:03 pm
A veteran Department of Justice employee who was fired after a secretly recorded video of him criticizing the Trump administration was posted online has sued over the termination, arguing his right to free speech was violated.
Joseph Schnitt, who worked for the DOJ for more than 23 years, was fired in September after footage of him speculating about the "Epstein files" was made public. His 23-page lawsuit filed on Monday asserted that the DOJ and Attorney General Pam Bondi "retaliated against" him for "quintessential protected speech" and "unlawfully removed him from federal service due solely to the expression" of that speech.
In July, Schnitt met a woman purportedly named "Skylar" on Hinge, a popular online dating platform. As the weeks went on, they agreed to meet for a date, and on Aug. 4, they sat down together at a restaurant in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.
Unbeknownst to Schnitt, the woman was recording their conversation.
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Full headline: 'Complete set-up': Veteran DOJ official sues after being fired for predicting Trump admin would protect its friends on 'Epstein list' in secret video
Link to SUIT (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26297970-schnittvbondi112425/
Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26297970/schnittvbondi112425.pdf
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