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A highly paid Department of Homeland Security doctor at the center of a sexual harassment, narcotics, and gun storm personally authored a rule restricting his medical office’s travel during a federal funding crunch—then proceeded to outspend the entire office on travel himself, documents obtained by PunchUp show.
A rolling, months-long investigation by this outlet has documented how Dr. Alexander Eastman, 51—the highest-paid employee in the history of the DHS, on a taxpayer-funded salary of $324,000—was rehired by the Trump administration last October. This is despite him still being under investigation by the department for the alleged sexual harassment of female colleagues, which he denies.
Eastman had been removed in December 2024 as acting chief medical officer of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) following a whistleblower-led investigation that found he had carried his work firearm while drinking and improperly attempted to procure narcotics through his job.
Now, documents passed to PunchUp show that Eastman imposed spending discipline on his subordinates but did not apply it to himself.