Dwayne Bensing, who worked in the Education department and was in its LGBTQ affinity group, had unsuccessfully asked DeVos not to withdraw the Obama administration guidance. Two years later, in the summer of 2019, Bensing discovered that the Education Department was fast-tracking the Alliance Defending Freedom's complaint against transgender student-athletes, even though the Department's attorneys did not understand the legal basis for doing so and the Department had to pressure other employees. Bensing leaked this information to the "Washington Blade" and was forced to resign in December 2019. Although Mr. Bensing was educated as a lawyer, he failed to read and understand the full scope of the Whistleblower Protection Act, as amended, as the act only protects federal employees if they disclose suspected crimes and abuses to their supervisor during normal business hours, among other requirements. Disclosing any information outside established channels in the form of “leaks” to journalists at the Washington Blade, et al. do not meet the legal definition of a whistleblower since any information leaked gives the appearance of ulterior motives rather than correcting said abuses using established oversight channels.