Under-fire Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has “weaponized” a special panel to suspend and punish anyone who speaks out against his policies, two prosecutors alleged to The Post.

Deputy District Attorney Shea Sanna said he has been falsely accused of racism and given a 10-day suspension after a complaint was recently made against him over his description of a 2021 altercation involving a group of men who viciously beat an individual.

“They are doing this to tarnish my reputation by calling me a racist, which is despicable,” Shea said. “The defense attorney claimed her client wasn’t culpable, but I said, ‘It was like a pack of hyenas on National Geographic … every time the victim turned his back, someone in the group attacked, dragged him away and they beat and robbed him.’

“Everyone involved in the case, including the victim, is black. They changed the context of my statement to make it look like I am racist, which I am not.”

Sanna noted a complaint was only filed with the LA County Equity Oversight Panel after he had spoken out against Gascón’s policies, including one which allowed a violent gangbanger out on the streets who later went on to kill two Police officers in June 2022.

Veteran prosecutor John Lewin, who secured the conviction of real estate scion Robert Durst, told The Post he has also been flagged to the Equity Oversight Panel.

When Lewin asked why he was being reviewed, an attorney representing the LA County DA’s Office said he had been reported to the panel over social media posts that allegedly had “racial overtones.” 

Lewin strongly denies any wrongdoing or posting racist remarks. He added he has been openly critical of Gascón on social media because of “his incompetence, his illegal policies and corrupt behavior.”

“These are bogus complaints based on my social media posts that have been critical of Gascón,” Lewin said. “They are weaponizing the Board of Equity. This administration is trying all they can to see how they can shut me up, forgetting that I’m supporting an African American candidate [Deputy District Attorney John McKinney] to replace [Gascón]. 

“They have gone after everybody who has challenged his policy positions. It’s patently absurd and it’s offensive. If they think they’re going to intimidate me into silence, they got another thing coming.”

“These are bogus complaints based on my social media posts that have been critical of Gascón,” Lewin said. “This administration is trying all they can to see how they can shut me up, forgetting that I’m supporting an African American candidate [Deputy District Attorney John McKinney] to replace [Gascón].

“They have gone after everybody who has challenged his policy positions. It’s patently absurd and it’s offensive. If they think they’re going to intimidate me into silence, they got another thing coming.”

The LA County Equity Oversight Panel [CEOP] is a group made up of employment law experts who review complaints against employees. The panel then makes recommendations concerning any possible discipline to the relevant departments.

Any final decision on punishment is ultimately made by the county department — in this case the LA County DA’s Office. Complaints with the oversight panel are made anonymously.

The DA’s Office took the panel’s recommendation and informed Sanna on Wednesday that he would be suspended for 10 days, the second time the prosecutor has been suspended.

Gascón also suspended Sanna for five days in March after he referred to child molester Hannah Tubbs with male pronouns in an email to Gascon to warn him that Tubbs was attempting to “game the system.”

The DA’s Office accused Sanna of misgendering and “deadnaming” Tubbs, who began identifying as a woman after being arrested for a 2014 sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl for which Tubbs is currently serving two years in juvenile prison.

“When I told them that Tubbs was faking [being transgender] and I had all of the recordings, they refused to listen and instead they filed the complaint with the Equity Oversight Panel because they were ‘offended’ that I misgendered [Tubbs],” Sanna said.

“This administration doesn’t want to punish me directly because it will be clear retaliation, so they are using this Equity Oversight Panel as a sword to file these anonymous complaints.”

Lewin was also among several veteran prosecutors in the office who were transferred from their high-profile units or supervisor positions in September.

Another was John McKinney, who handled the murder case of rapper Nipsey Hussle but was reassigned from the elite Major Crimes unit to instead supervise misdemeanor cases out of East Los Angeles.

“Never in the history of Major Crimes (Unit) has a trial lawyer like myself been involved with an involuntary transfer like this,” Lewin said. “He’s trying to say that this is a ‘routine transfer, which everybody knows is a lie.”

Lewin is among about 20 prosecutors who have filed retaliation suits against Gascón and the office.

Another is Jason Lustig who was head Deputy District Attorney who supervised the LA County DA’s Long Beach office until he also was transferred to a non-supervisory role.

Like his colleague, Lustig was also critical of Gascón’s policies and spoke out publicly against the embattled DA, which he claims cost him his position.

“[Gascón’s] policies were clearly illegal and contrary to the law and are against our ethics as prosecutors,” Lustig said. “During the second recall campaign against [Gascón], I became very vocal about it. In early August when it looked like there wasn’t going to be enough votes to recall Gascón, he promptly retaliated against me and took my supervisory status.”

Lustig, who went from supervising about 30 other attorneys for the past five years, is now working back in Downtown LA in the Narcotics Division— a position he held back in 1994.

“This is very bad and people are devastated because the administration is completely disorganized,” Lustig said.

“There are no experienced leaders in the administration. It’s really a disaster, frankly. We are badly understaffed, and the caseload is out of control. He’s made moves in the office that has disorganized rather than organize things for the better, morale is in an all-time low.’

LA County DA officials would not comment on various claims when reached by The Post and pointed to the independence of the CEOP panel, who did not immediately return a request for comment.

“The Los Angeles County policy of equity is a framework of guidelines and practices that aim to promote fairness and equal opportunity … This [CEOP] panel is tasked with thoroughly evaluating all complaints and ensuring they are addressed in a fair and impartial manner,” the office said in a statement.