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Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters[/b].

Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had earlier told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White House terminated her Friday, saying that she didn’t believe the administration had followed proper protocols, the sources said

In an email to colleagues on Saturday, reviewed by Reuters, she said the independent Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency “has taken the position that these termination notices do not comply with the requirements set out in law and therefore are not effective at this time.”
Fong declined to comment.

The White House defended the firing of Fong and the other inspectors general, saying "these rogue, partisan bureaucrats... have been relieved of their duties in order to make room for qualified individuals who will uphold the rule of law and protect Democracy."

The USDA inspector general has a broad mandate, pursuing consumer food safety, audits and investigations of the Agriculture Department as well as violations of animal welfare laws. The USDA has been at the heart of concerns about bird flu, which has spread among cattle and chickens and killed a person in Louisiana.

In 2022, the inspector general’s office launched an investigation of Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, which remains ongoing, sources said. In recent years, the office has also taken on animal abuse at dog breeders for research labs and the listeria outbreak at Boar’s Head, among other issues.

Musk spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to help President Donald Trump get elected in November and has emerged as a key player in the president’s orbit.

Fong was among the 17 federal watchdogs fired by Trump on Friday in what critics described as a Friday-night purge. Speaking to reporters afterwards aboard Air Force One, Trump defended the move saying "it’s a very common thing to do." He did not say who would be installed in the vacant posts.

AImiron:
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Former USDA IG Phyllis Fong told government officials that that she didn’t recognize President Trump’s authority to fire her. She then refused to leave her office. Federal security agents were forced to physically remove her proving her firing was justified.

NothingDoMe:
That's nonsense talk from her.

The president fired a government employee and the employee said the termination is not effective.

Now the government don use force remove her from their office her body don cool down.

NothingDoMe:
That's nonsense talk from her.

The president fired a government employee and the employee said the termination is not effective.

Now the government don use force remove her from their office her body don cool down.

NothingDoMe:
That's nonsense talk from her.

The president fired a government employee and the employee said the termination is not effective without justification and briefing the both houses in the Congress of the USA.

Now the government don use force remove her from their office her body don cool down.

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Wallade:
She is a career civil servant, not a political appointee. The executive president of USA can't fire her.

She has a good case against the sack. She should go to court.

DrAda:
How long do you think it will take before Americans launches a massive protest against Trump?

F/ormer USDA IG Phyllis Fong told government officials that that she didn’t recognize President Trump’s authority to fire her. She then refused to leave her office. Federal security agents were forced to physically remove her proving her firing was justified.

Wallade:
She is a career civil servant, not a political appointee. The executive president of USA can't fire her.

She has a good case against the sack. She should go to court.

DrAda:
How long do you think it will take before Americans launches a massive protest against Trump?

DaddyCoool:
But she can still go to court and be reinstated with damages and backpay if the firing was indeed illegal