A Department of Justice (DOJ) employee in a recent Project Veritas video said she was fired for confronting Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Kirstjen Michele NielsenMore than million in DHS contracts awarded to firm of acting secretary's wife: report DHS IG won't investigate after watchdog said Wolf, Cuccinelli appointments violated law Appeals court sides with Trump over drawdown of immigrant protections MORE at a restaurant in June over the Trump administration's family separation policy.

Allison Hrabar, a now-former paralegal at the DOJ, said on Tuesday that she was fired the previous day "in retaliation for confronting DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at dinner." The confrontation came at the height of public backlash over the administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, which involved separating thousands of migrant children from their parents at the U.S. border.

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However, her dismissal from the DOJ comes just days after the conservative activist group Project Veritas released a video showing her saying there is "a lot of talk at [the DOJ] about ... how we can resist from the inside." The DOJ said at the time that it was investigating her conduct in the video.

Hrabar on Tuesday launched a GoFundMe page to help cover her medical costs. The page has a goal of $7,000 goal and does not mention the Project Veritas video.

A DOJ official confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday that Hrarbar is no longer an employee at the department, but would not specify the reason for her departure.

Hrabar is a member of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America. The group told The Hill that she "is going to decline to comment or answer questions at this time."

"I don’t regret standing up for immigrants unable to advocate for themselves," Hrabar wrote on her GoFundMe page. "My only concern is that the Assistant Attorney General’s decision to force me out of a job has left me without insurance to cover my high medical costs, and without an income to cover the legal fees needed to fight back."

As of Tuesday afternoon, she had raised more than $6,500 from more than 200 contributions.

Hrabar wrote that she was told this month that Assistant Attorney General of Antitrust Makan Delrahim said he "chose not to renew" her term.

"I was told that Assistant Attorney General of Antitrust Makan Delrahim chose not to renew my term and my last day would be October 2," she wrote on her page. "I prepared to continue working and close my active cases over the next week, to make the transition as smooth as possible."



"When I got to work on September 24, I was met at the door by security and forced to pack up my office," Hrabar added. "I was told, again, that this was merely a non-renewal of my term."

A DOJ spokesman earlier this month told The Hill that the department found her remarks in the Project Veritas video "deeply concerning."

Hrabar in the video discussed an instance when a worker intentionally slowed down the process of taking food stamp recipients off the program so the recipients could continue to participate in the program.

"Department policy prohibits misuse of government resources to advance personal interests," the DOJ spokesman said. "We are looking into this immediately and have referred this matter to the Inspector General as well."

Updated at 1:50 p.m.