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The day after the chaos, she shared a post claiming “Antifa and BLM have there (sic) hands all over the storming of the Capitol. Definitely not MAGA that started this.” She shared other posts claiming the people who stormed the Capitol were not Trump supporters but “crisis actors” or leftists disguising themselves to create chaos.
On one of those posts, she wrote “Don’t believe the lies from the Left and their bought MSM,” referring to the mainstream media. That post was flagged by Facebook for containing false information.
On Jan. 8, she shared, with the praying hands emoji, a QAnon-tinged screed from another Facebook user about the “Deep State” which concludes “They chose Treason! They will all hang, as the result. Patriots in control! Nothing can stop what’s coming” (QAnon is a fictitious far-right conspiracy theory claiming that pedophiles running a sex-trafficking ring are plotting against Trump.)
Postmedia reached out to Mokrzan with questions regarding the Facebook posts, but she did not return repeated requests for comment.
In an emailed statement, EPS’ director of communications Michael James said supervisors became aware of the posts earlier this week.
“Given the employee’s role in the organization, their actions were promptly addressed through our internal human resources processes, and the employee has agreed to abide by the terms outlined by our human resources division,” James said.
“There is no evidence that these personal opinions have impacted the employee’s work providing information to the public, and we consider this matter concluded at this time.
