Trump’s Department of Justice has generally been a source of misery for LGBTQ Americans and its queer employees. But at least one senior department official enjoyed their time there by looking at digital smut on their workplace computer … until they were caught and forced to resign.
Although the official wasn’t named, CNN reports that the DOJ began a search for someone who’d been viewing adult content on at least two DOJ computers. They ended up (ahem) fingering a now-former deputy assistant attorney general, though it’s unclear when he viewed the smut or when the investigation took place.
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According to the summary released Thursday, the official was seen watching p*rn and the inspector general (IG) later found a number of sexually explicit images had been accessed on the two computers issued to the official.
The official initially lied to investigators about having viewed the material on his work computer, the IG stated, but in a second interview “ultimately admitted” that he “may have intentionally accessed p*rnographic websites using government computers.”
“May have intentionally accessed” it? What is he, a preteen learning to use the world wide web? Of course he intentionally accessed it, unless he unintentionally Googled an innocent sounding euphemism like “watersports” or “rusty trombone.”
The workplace pocket pool player wisely resigned before the investigation concluded.
We almost feel sorry for for the guy except he works for a department that has steadily been eroding LGBTQ rights ever since Trump took office.
In an April 2019 poll, only 10% of the DOJ’s LGBTQ employees agreed with the statement, “The Department of Justice attracts and retains the best LGBTQ talent.” Furthermore, the DOJ has been supporting so called “religious freedoms” that allow discrimination against queer people.
Considering that, it’s no wonder one of its employees watched a little smut to brighten his workday.
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More unshocking news from the misadministration…..
rustyiam
He was probably a hold over from the Obama years!
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Rustyjam, u probably right. Obama era people weren’t hyprotcritical vile phony “good christians”…
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rustyiam
And this is news on a gay blog because?
Cam
Because hypocrisy from the Trump brigade puritans is funny for all.
Heywood Jablowme
“p*rn”???
Why “p*rn” and “p*rnographic”? Is that how CNN wrote it? And if not, why would Queerty censor it? Strange.
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Try writing a post with
c*ck. or d*ick….On Queerty those words are BANNED!
Might offend someone???
lcandela123
Many years ago, my employer had to investigate the browsing records of all employees, and found that many hundreds were looking at porn for hours while on the job, instead of working. I think they fired a few, and disciplined many others. It all stopped immediately.
I think their key beef was not that it was porn, but that they weren’t working.
One guy was caught looking at HairyRussianPussies.com for hours. He said it must have been a typo.
Diddlingdaschund
I worked for DOJ for 30 years and they fired a lot of people for this same thing. Nothing new here. I only once had a supervisor discriminate againts me and the boss above her disciplined her and demoted her.
NateOcean
I’m betting he was searching the internet for “glory holes”.
He wanted to learn about glass making.
Oops!
TheMarc
Why is all weird sex-related news equal to gay news?? Was the guy looking at gay porn? Was it a gay guy who was caught looking at porn? I fully understand the focus on the fact that the Trump admin is pretty homophobic but in order to justify this as news; shouldn’t it be that a homophobic employee/representative of DOJ was caught watching gay porn?
Oops, I forgot….clicks. Very few “news” orgs have any integrity anymore. It’s all about the clicks.
dinard38
I don’t understand why anyone would look at porn on their work computers. Everyone should know that work computers are monitored. Besides, why view porn on a work computer when you can watch it on your phone. That way there is no evidence that you were watching porn.
Amateurs!!!
kevininbuffalo
Maybe the DOJ should have some layoffs. If they’ve got time to look at porn on the taxpayers dime they must not have much to do