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 OMP'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.
OPM Chief Won't Testify in Mass Federal Layoffs Challenge (2)
Acting Office of Personnel Management Director Charles Ezell won’t testify at a March 13 hearing in a lawsuit by government employee unions challenging the Trump Administration’s mass layoffs of federal workers,
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,
Trump administration revises directive to federal agencies on mass firings
The Office of Personnel Management issued revised guidance to federal agencies Tuesday regarding the firing of federal probationary workers.
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OPM chief rejects court order to testify on probationary firings as case expands governmentwide
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‘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 ...
Federal Worker Layoffs Climb Toward 250,000 as Deadline Looms
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Georgia wants to get ahead of possible Department of Education closure
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‘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 ...
For some federal workers, Trump and Musk offer a career springboard
Before Donald Trump returned to the White House, Charles Ezell had a mid-level IT job for a Macon, Georgia, field office of the federal government’s human resources agency, the Office of Personnel ...