"The eight inspectors general want a judge to declare their firings by email were "legally ineffective" and put them back to work."
"Eight inspectors general who were fired by President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Wednesday charging their terminations were unlawful and seeking their immediate reinstatement.
“In this action, the duly appointed Inspectors General of eight major U.S. agencies — the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, State, Agriculture, Education, and Labor, and the Small Business Administration — seek redress for their unlawful and unjustified purported termination by President Donald Trump and their respective agency heads,” their complaint, which was filed in Washington, D.C., federal court, said.
The eight were part of a group of over a dozen IGs who were notified they were being fired "due to changing priorities" in a two-sentence email from the Office of Presidential Personnel four days after Trump was sworn into office."
Daniel Barnes and Dareh Gregorian report for NBC News February 12, 2025.
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