The Washington Post was ordered to reinstate columnist Karen Attiah after she was fired last year for social media posts she made after Charlie Kirk's assassination.Sarah Miller Espinosa, the arbitrator overseeing Attiah's legal challenge against The Post, said the paper "did not have good and sufficient cause" and that it "violated" her labor agreement, according to The New York Times, which first reported on Espinosa's ruling last Thursday."The Washington Post failed to establish the grievant engaged in gross misconduct," Espinosa concluded.TEACHERS WHO CELEBRATED CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATION NOW CASH IN WITH TAXPAYER-FUNDED SETTLEMENTSFormer Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah announced that an arbitrator ordered the paper to reinstate her after she was fired for social media posts about Charlie Kirk in the days after his assassination.(Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)Attiah told The Times she is "relieved to finally have that record set straight," adding, "This decision confirms what we’ve said from the start: I was doing my job as an opinion writer, and this was wrongful termination."The columnist announced her legal victory, saying on X, "The Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth after Charlie Kirk's killing.
I fought back.I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately."A spokesperson for The Washington Post said the paper respects the arbitration process and declined to comment further.Attiah didn't immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.Fox News Digital reached out to Talking Points USA for comment. Attiah sparked outrage for her posts about the slain conservative icon on the liberal social media platform Bluesky.TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY TO PAY PROFESSOR $1.9M AFTER CALLING CHARLIE KIRK A 'DISGUSTING PSYCHOPATH'A spokesperson for The Washington Post said the paper respects the arbitration process and declined to comment further.
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