Judge faults Trump administration over “poor performance” mass firings

A federal judge is telling the Trump administration to correct the record about fired employees. A U.S. district judge in California ordered the administration to provide probationary workers, who were let go in mass firings, a written statement saying they were not terminated for poor performance. Judge William Alsup issued the order in a lawsuit filed by labor unions. He found that the Office of Personnel Management unlawfully ordered the firings and used the pretense of poor performance to do so. The judge found it was impossible for federal agencies to assess each worker’s performance in only a matter of days.