Career senior Special Agent becomes the target of reprisal for refusing to ignore excessive abuses in the Southwest Field Division. After two years of lengthy litigation, EEOC complaints and reported misconduct by ATF managers, the agency agrees to settle with the Agent, reinstate back pay, legal fees, and rescind disciplinary actions.
This only occurred once it was revealed that an attorney from ATF ethics division submitted fraudulent information alleging false criminal acts by the agent to the administrative judge, in defense of ATFs discriminatory and retaliatory actions. The Attorney was allowed to leave the agency after a second occurrence of falsifying documents, to another Federal agency without legal bar ethics implications or disciplinary action by ATF.
