Washington is 39, which means she’s well past that point in life, so she did this believing she would get away with it. Why?

It’s possible she just figured that no one would learn about what she did, but at least one of the screenshots in the Daily Wire piece linked above shows that people were spelling this out in their official notes. She put it in a “best practices” memo that was sent to employees. Washington had to know someone would potentially see all of this sooner or later. That means she felt like she wouldn’t face any repercussions for her actions.

She felt that her leadership would approve of what she did, even if not directly.

This is really just an example of how the federal bureaucracy isn’t working for the American people. This isn’t just one person who made a decision that was bigoted against people who didn’t share her political opinions. No, there was some reason she believed she could at least get away with it.