DOJ Analyst and Wife of ICEBlock App Developer Wrongfully Terminated
Allison Gill
Carolyn Feinstein has spent the better part of the last decade as a forensic accountant for the Department of Justice in the Office of the U.S. Trustee. Like all federal workers I know, she was a dedicated public servant, loyal to the oath, and mission-focused.
“If you're not familiar with the U.S. Trustee program, it's a small program in the DOJ that's referred to as the watchdog of the bankruptcy system. A good part of my job as an auditor was to use my forensic accounting skills to detect and root out fraud and abuse against that system,” she told me.
But this past Friday, all of that changed. She says she received an email informing her she was terminated effectively immediately, with no notice and not so much as a phone call. “But I wasn’t just terminated,” she said, “I was targeted.” According to Feinstein, she was removed from service as retaliation for her husband’s activism.
Feinstein’s husband is Joshua Aaron, the developer of the ICEBlock app which allows users to report ICE sightings in real time to warn others. “And to say this administration is unhappy with the app is an understatement,” Carolyn said.
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