A Key Official Is Trying to Weasel Out of Testifying About Trump’s Mass Firings. Good Luck!
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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.
DOJ lawyers decline to let OPM's acting director testify about mass firings
A federal judge is requiring the head of the Office of Personnel Management to testify Thursday about the mass firing of probationary employees.
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.
Judge orders Trump to rehire up to tens of thousands of probationary workers let go in mass DOGE firings
White House White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly pushed back, casting the ruling as an attempt to encroach on executive power to hire and fire employees. “The Trump Administration will immediately fight back against this absurd and unconstitutional order,
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,
US government workers file lawsuit against Trump following mass firings
A group of US probationary government employees who lost their jobs as part of President Donald Trump's purge of the federal workforce filed a lawsuit Tuesday, claiming the mass firings were illegal
‘Do not intend to produce’: Trump admin says OPM head will defy court order to testify in mass firings case
"Defendants are withdrawing the declaration of Acting Office of Personnel Management and will not be presenting Mr. Ezell at ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Judge orders thousands of federal workers reinstated; slams ‘sham’ government declaration
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees fired last ...
‘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 ...