Showing posts with label firing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label firing. Show all posts

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Former federal prosecutor sues DOJ for 'unlawful and retaliatory' firing : NPR

The "unstated reason," according to the complaint, was her work prosecuting eight anti-abortion activists with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, which prohibits intentionally interfering with reproductive health care services, including abortions... 

"Unlawful terminations are a frequent tool of the Trump Administration to achieve its political aims," the lawsuit says. "DOJ officials have repeatedly attempted to justify firings and workforce reductions by portraying the employees targeted as culpable for the now-disfavored cases they had been assigned."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/08/17/g-s1-138997/former-federal-prosecutor-sue-doj-retaliatory-firing


Wednesday, August 5, 2026

3 FBI agents fired over Trump investigation get broad backing in lawsuit against administration | PBS News

"The Bureau simply cannot function if individual Special Agents must choose whether to accept a lawful assignment that could later get them fired, or alternatively to reject it and become subject to firing for insubordination...”

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/3-fbi-agents-fired-over-trump-investigation-get-broad-backing-in-lawsuit-against-administration




 

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Trump fires new US attorney in Seattle an hour after federal judges appoint him

Presidents normally appoint US attorneys, the top federal prosecutors in each judicial district. The positions require Senate confirmation, except in temporary appointments. When temporary appointments expire before a nominee is confirmed, the judges in a judicial district can name a US attorney. 

 But under Trump, the justice department has sought to leave unconfirmed prosecutors in their positions indefinitely, often through novel personnel maneuvers...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/trump-fires-us-attorney-roger-rogoff-seattle 


 

Ex-DoJ lawyer fired by Todd Blanche urges senators to reject nomination

Liz Oyer tells of how she refused to ‘rubber-stamp a political favor’ in gun rights case involving Trump ally Mel Gibson…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/liz-oyer-doj-todd-blanche-testimony


 

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Trump fires last members of election commission, inciting fears of midterm ‘chaos’

“It is ⁠irresponsible and dangerous that this Administration remains dead set on ​causing chaos for ​our election officials across this ​country,” Arizona secretary of state Adrian Fontes said in a ​Thursday statement. “This ‌move undermines the integrity ​of nonpartisan ​election administration.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/09/trump-fires-election-commissioners 


Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Supreme Court widens Trump’s power to fire agency leaders — except the Fed - POLITICO

The justices didn’t detail how much evidence of wrongdoing would be needed to dismiss her, but zeroed in on the Justice Department’s claim that Trump had accorded her due process by issuing a Truth Social post demanding her resignation. 

“The President’s post did not suggest that a response from Cook would be appropriate, nor did it even provide a clear account of the charge made against her. It instead read simply ‘Cook must resign, now!!!’ and linked to a news article,” Roberts wrote. “That will not do. At minimum, Cook was entitled to some explanation of the evidence at issue, some avenue for a response, and a deadline by which a response would be due.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/29/trump-supreme-court-slaughter-cook-fire-fed-00979734


 

Friday, June 12, 2026

FBI agents driven out under Trump assault form support network: ‘I’m still a human’

“The fact that former FBI people need a support group tells you the devastating impact of the president’s policies and Kash Patel’s policies,” said Cash, a former intelligence officer. “It’s an alarm bell ringing. These are people that stay on the line to the last. The fact that they need a support group tells us that American democracy itself and law enforcement needs a support group.”

 But he added: “The fact that they’re organizing tells me that there’s something still powerful about the FBI, and I have confidence that the history of that organization is going to permit them to resist destruction.”

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/fbi-agents-trump


 

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Marty Makary departs FDA after clashes with Trump over fruit-flavored vapes

Waves of layoffs and the appointment of inexperienced officials have created a “massive upheaval that has been an ongoing feature of daily work at FDA ever since the new administration began”, Lurie said. “It’s just endless chaos.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/marty-makary-fda-trump-administration


 








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