FEMA employee violated Hatch Act with directive to skip homes with Trump signs, OSC says
The Office of the Special Counsel has found a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employee’s directive to avoid houses ...
Ex-FEMA worker who told staffers to avoid pro-Trump hurricane victims engaged in illegal political activity: fed watchdog
Engaging in political activity while on duty and using her official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the ...
Judge temporarily reinstates head of whistleblower office fired by Trump
A federal judge late Wednesday agreed to a temporary restraining order blocking President Trump from firing the head of the ...
Trump’s power to fire executive branch officials will be tested in another lawsuit
The lawsuit from Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger is the latest case that will test the president’s power to fire officials ...
Judge temporarily reinstalls fired head of whistleblower protection office
A federal judge temporarily reinstalled the head of the Office of the Special Counsel, allowing Hampton Dellinger to return ...
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Ex-FEMA worker who directed staff to avoid homes with Trump signs violated Hatch Act, agency says
“A federal employee clearly violates the Hatch Act by engaging in explicit partisan political bias or activity when on the job,” special counsel Hampton Dellinger said in an emailed statemen ...
Washington Examiner7d
Ex-FEMA employee who discouraged helping pro-Trump homes violated Hatch Act: OSC
Washington is charged with two counts of violating the Hatch Act, one for engaging in political ... office while Washington was overseeing federal government personnel performing disaster relief ...
Fired head of the agency that protects whistleblowers sues Trump, saying he was ousted illegally
The lawsuit notes the special counsel can be removed “only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” ...
Wisconsin Examiner2d
Legal fight with Trump over special counsel firing escalated to U.S. Supreme Court
For the first time the administration has escalated one of the numerous legal challenges it faces to the nation’s highest ...
Head of the agency that protects whistleblowers sues Trump, saying his firing was illegal
His termination comes as Trump’s Republican administration is testing the limits of well-established civil service ...
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FEMA employee violated Hatch Act with directive to skip homes with Trump signs, OSC says
The Office of the Special Counsel has found a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employee’s directive ... during Hurricane Milton violated Hatch Act prohibitions on electioneering.