A Key Official Is Trying to Weasel Out of Testifying About Trump’s Mass Firings. Good Luck!
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Two judges in mass firings cases order Trump administration to rehire probationary workers for now
The agencies include the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, the Interior and the Treasury.
Judge orders VA, DoD, USDA and others to offer reinstatement to thousands of fired probationary employees
U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the Trump administration "lied" about its reasons for the mass terminations of probationary workers across the government.
Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers at 6 agencies
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal employees across six agencies. The preliminary injunction issued
Trump Official Will No Longer Testify in Challenge to Mass Firings
The government said in a court filing that Charles Ezell, who issued the memos that agencies interpreted as orders to fire thousands of employees, would not appear in court Thursday.
Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired employees at VA, Defense Department and other agencies
A federal judge has ordered half a dozen federal agencies to “immediately” reinstate probationary employees fired last month as part of the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly shrink the federal workforce.
DOJ lawyers decline to let OMP's acting director testify about mass firings
The Trump administration could be sanctioned after the DOJ declined to make a top administration official available for sworn testimony regarding the recent mass firings.
Judge blocks federal firings led by Middle Georgia man as part of Trump overhaul
A middle Georgia bureaucrat helped the Trump administration lay off thousands of federal employees. A judge has ordered that they be reinstated.
Justice Department says key Trump admin official won’t testify about probationary firings
The Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday that the acting head of the Office of Personnel Management won’t testify at a hearing later this week in a major case challenging the government’s efforts to cull the federal workforce,
Thousands of Fired Federal Employees Must Be Rehired, Judge Rules
A federal judge ruled Thursday that mass firings of federal workers still in their probationary period at six agencies couldn’t proceed.In issuing a preliminary injunction, Judge William Alsup in Northern California district court required the administration to reinstate workers already dismissed at the Agriculture,
California District Judge Orders Trump to Rehire Probationary Workers Cut in Mass Firings
U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the Office of Personnel Management and its acting director, Charles Ezell, lacked the authority to direct the terminations.
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OPM chief rejects court order to testify on probationary firings as case expands governmentwide
Some Republicans push bills to protect workers as thousands of fired feds will rejoin the payroll this week, albeit on administrative leave.
‘Protect the government’: Trump DOJ urges judge to stop upcoming courtroom showdown with OPM director in mass firings case
The Trump administration is attempting to stop a Thursday hearing in its Office of Personnel and Management mass firing case ...