Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Elon Musk's brain implant startup Neuralink, "forcefully removed from office" after refusing termination order
Phyllis Fong, the USDA inspector general, was escorted out of her office after disputing her dismissal by the Trump ...
USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House
In an email to colleagues on Saturday, reviewed by Reuters, she said the independent Council of the Inspectors General on ...
Why Donald Trump's Plan to Fire Government Watchdogs Might Not Work
New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang told Newsweek that "there should be public outrage" at the dismissal of federal IGs.
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Trump vs. the Inspectors General
And what the seemingly illegal mass firings could mean for the future of independent agencies in the federal government.
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Reuters: Guards escort USDA inspector general from her office
Security officials escorted USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong from her office today after she defied a White House firing to go to work, Reuters reported.Fong said she didn’t believe the ...
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DC dispatch: a veteran Inspector General stands up for the rule of law, and is escorted from her office
Sharon Basch is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law filing occasional dispatches from Washington DC ths semester.  From the moment Donald Trump took office on January 20, one of his ...
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USDA inspector general defies Trump's firing – and is hit with harsh consequences
An inspector general was reportedly escorted out of her office after she failed to comply with mass firings initiated by ...
USDA denies ex-inspector general was escorted out by security after Trump firing
The U.S. Department of Agriculture responded on Wednesday to reports claiming the agency’s former inspector general was ...
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Inspector General Escorted Out Of Office After Defying Trump’s Dismissal
Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) out of her office Monday after she ...
This Is Not a Good Time for the USDA to Be Without an Inspector General
What better time for the USDA to be without an inspector general—or, worse, some MAGA hack pretending to be one—what with ...
USDA inspector general escorted out after refusing dismissal by Donald Trump administration. Here’s what happened
In a dramatic turn of events, Phyllis Fong, the USDA Inspector General, was escorted out of her office for refusing to comply with her dismissal by the Trump administration. This incident raises ...