from the article:
“One of those was Tracy Schmaler, the Director of the Departments Office of Public Affairs, who resigned her position at the DOJ after emails uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request showed that she worked with leftwing advocacy group Media Matters for America to smear whistleblowers and members of Congress and the media who sought to investigate DOJ scandals under Attorney General Eric Holder.”
Another one of those pesky rogue Public Affairs folks, acting on her own, of course!