Tyler O’neil, The Daily Signal

An Environmental Protection Agency lawyer and union leader has signed a dissent letter opposing President Donald Trump’s policy at the agency and has posted on social media attacking EPA Director Lee Zeldin, but appears to still be employed there.

This activity raises questions as to whether she might be a “deep state” actor, working to undermine Trump’s policies from within the administration.

Nicole Cantello serves as president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 704, the EPA’s labor union. A verified LinkedIn profile lists her as an attorney at the EPA.

“Nicole Cantello is a prime example of a ‘resistance’ operative in our federal government who believes her politics take precedence over the will of the voters,” Houston Keene, director of the watchdog group Democracy Restored, told The Daily Signal in a statement Friday. “Her social media offers plenty of evidence of that, let alone her signing the dissent letter against Lee Zeldin and the EPA and then scrubbing her signature when it became apparent there would be consequences.”