Ed Dept. Used Worker Emails For Shutdown Politics, Suit Says

By Braden Campbell · October 6, 2025, 4:29 PM EDT

The U.S. Department of Education violated its workers' freedom of speech by altering their out-of-office email messages to blame the government shutdown on Democrats, the workers' union claimed in a complaint...

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Case Information

Case Title

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION et al

Case Number

1:25-cv-03553

Court

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Other

Date Filed

October 03, 2025