Attorney claims DC Fire’s latest charges against a former fire investigator are retaliation and intimidation in response to lawsuit

Firefighter Gregory Bowyer with Firefighter Gerald Pennington behind him during Thursday’s press conference.

Check out our coverage from Thursday that includes links to read the lawsuit.

We told you about the new administrative charges filed Friday against Firefighter Gregory Bowyer of the DC Fire & EMS Department. Those charges came a day after Bowyer and Firefighter Gerald Pennington filed suit against Chief Dennis Rubin and other city officials citing racism and retaliation.

The charges served Friday, according to sources, are in connection with complaints by the DC Office of the Attorney General about Bowyer’s trutfulness when giving testimony in court.

Here is what Bowyer’s attorney, David Marshall, wrote to STATter911.com in response to our request for a comment following the latest event:

The charges that the fire department has lodged against Greg Bowyer are completely false, as he will demonstrate in the trial board that will convene to hear the charges next month. The charges are not only unfounded, but also represent yet another act of retaliation against Mr. Bowyer — this time for filing his lawsuit against the department. Chief Rubin and others in the fire department leadership know that the charges against Mr. Bowyer have no basis. They threw the charges together in the hours following Mr. Bowyer’s and Gerald Pennington’s filing of their lawsuit last week, and are abusing their authority to bring such charges in an attempt to intimidate firefighters from speaking out about unlawful activities, abuse of authority, and other problems in the department.