A federal judge has refused to reinstate eight former inspectors general who sued after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation. The eight plaintiffs were among 17 inspectors general fired by President Trump on January 24th. Each received identical two-sentence emails from the White House attributing their removal to unspecified “changing […]
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Judge refuses to reinstate 8 former IGs who sued after Trump fired them
A federal judge has refused to reinstate eight former inspectors general who sued after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation. The eight plaintiffs were among 17 inspectors general fired by President Trump on January 24th. Each received identical two-sentence emails from the White House attributing their removal to unspecified “changing priorities.” The judge said that while the president likely violated federal law governing the process for removing the non-partisan watchdogs from office, the firings didn’t cause enough irreparable harm to justify reinstating them before the lawsuit is resolved.