GOP Lawmaker Sued By Former Staffer For 'Reckless' Approach To COVID-19

A former aide to Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn said he was fired for “seeking to protect employees from unsafe conditions.”

A former staffer for Rep. Doug Lamborn is suing the Republican congressman from Colorado for taking a “reckless and dangerous approach” to COVID-19, allegedly risking staff being infected by the virus.  In the lawsuit, filed Thursday by former aide Brandon Pope in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Pope also claims Lamborn retaliated against him “for seeking to protect employees from unsafe conditions.” Pope was fired last December. According to the lawsuit, first reported by NBC News, Lamborn “did not require employees in the District Office to wear masks, claiming that he would not allow House Leadership to dictate how he ran his office, and he did not permit all employees to social distance.”