The Justice Department investigates after the staff boasts of having used a post to resist in the Veritas Project

The Justice Ministry said on Wednesday it would investigate an employee allegedly caught in an attack on the Veritas project, boasting about using her work to help advance the political agenda of the Socialist Democrats in America.

Allison Hrabar, a Justice Department paralegal, said in the stealth video that she found a DC lobbyist's address by operating her license plate at work, which she later used. to organize a demonstration in front of his home.

She admitted that she was not allowed to do so "officially". Other DSA members said she had used the department's Lexis Nexis account to find the addresses of the protest targets.

"She probably uses it on her work computer … that's the kind of thing you would be fired for," said Natarajan Subramanian, an auditor of the government's Accountability Office and DSA member, on the video in camera.

A statement from the Justice Department released by the Veritas Project indicated that the case would be referred to the Inspector General.

"These allegations are deeply worrying," the statement said. "The department's policy prohibits the misuse of government resources to promote personal interests. We are reviewing this immediately and have also referred this matter to the Inspector General.

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The video, released Wednesday as part of the group's Deep State series, also featured Jessica Schubel, formerly with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, talking about her efforts to undermine the Trump administration.

Ms. Schubel, now an analyst at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, said her former colleagues were transmitting confidential government information in what she described as "a bit like the Nixon Deep Throat thing."

Hrabar, who made headlines in June for helping to oust Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen from a Mexican restaurant, does not have to worry about losing his job.

"What's lucky is at the DOJ, you can not really get fired," she said.

His comments echoed those of Stuart Karaffa, a State Department analyst and DSA activist who said in a video released Tuesday that he wanted "fs-up" and that "I have nothing to lose . It is impossible to fire federal employees.

The State Department declined to comment specifically on Karaffa, but said in a statement: "We take seriously any allegations of violations of the trap law and financial disclosure rules, and we look closely at this issue.

James O'Keefe, president of Project Veritas, described the results as "deep state incarnate".

"This may be the biggest case of non-accountability in our government that has ever been exposed," O'Keefe said. "Thanks to our infiltration reports, we now have evidence that government employees are disclosing confidential information and using government resources to reinforce their resistance to official government policies with which they disagree.

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