Minnesota law firm fired pro-Trump employees, lawsuit claims

The head of a Minnesota law firm fired two employees he decided were “racist” — because of social media posts supportive of police or former President Donald Trump, a new lawsuit claims.

The wrongful termination suit, filed in Stearns County District Court, alleges Wesley Scott, president of the Kain & Scott law firm in St. Cloud, was angered by the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol and sent an email in April to the firm’s attorneys saying that the “traitors” who stormed the building that day should have been shot, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Scott then told the firm’s operations manager to terminate two employees he deemed “racist” due to the pro-Trump posts on their social media accounts — as well as other messages that backed law enforcement officials, the lawsuit claims.