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The White House has fired Sharon Gustafson, general counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, after the controversial Donald Trump appointee refused to resign in a defiant letter to President Joe Biden.
Under Gustafson, the EEOC had sued Kroger, the grocery store company, after employees complained that wearing aprons that had a rainbow-colored heart on them violated their religious beliefs, as the employees “believed the emblem endorsed LGBTQ values.”
Bloomberg Law was first to report Gustafson’s firing Friday, and shared the letter she wrote to Biden. She refuses Biden’s request that she resign, noting that she was appointed to a four-year term.
There have been only a handful of instances in U.S. history of top Justice Department officials publicly breaking with the White House.
Federal judges blocked deportation of those detained under the order through the weekend, and more lawsuits were filed on Monday.
Anna Cristina Niceta Llo yd "Rickie", White House Social Secretary resigned in protest on the day of the storming of the Capitol. Robert C. O'Brien, National Security Advisor (United States) Chris Liddell, White House Deputy Chief of Staff.
Became EPA Administrator. Retired. Shaub was outspoken with concerns about the Trump Administration during the transition period and after Trump's inauguration. Shaub resigned six months before the end of his term, saying that ethics rules should be tighter.
After the Capitol storming, dozens of Republicans and staffers loyal to or appointed by President Trump resigned in disgust, even though their terms in office would expire fourteen days later with the inauguration of President Biden. Some senior officials, however, decided against resigning in order to ensure an "orderly transition of power" to the incoming Biden administration, out of concern that Trump would replace them with loyalist lower-level staffers who they feared could carry out illegal orders given by him.
July 19, 2017. Shaub was outspoken with concerns about the Trump Administration during the transition period and after Trump's inauguration. Shaub resigned six months before the end of his term, saying that ethics rules should be tighter. Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
Several Trump appointees, including National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus , White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price have had the shortest service tenures in the history of their respective offices.
Betsy DeVos, United States Secretary of Education also cited the Capitol Hill incident. US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) criticized DeVos and Chao for resigning rather than voting to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.
Several Trump appointees, including National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price have had the shortest service tenures in the history of their respective offices.
Republicans swiftly came out swinging against the firing. Andrea Lucas, a Republican-appointed commissioner to the EEOC, described the firing as a violation of Biden’s calls for unity.
Biden fires Trump-appointed lawyer who refused to resign. as the general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The White House told Gustafson that she was being fired effective 5 p.m. Friday after she refused to resign willingly. In a letter to the White House released by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, ...