The Trump administration’s firing of thousands of probationary federal employees was unlawful, a lawsuit filed in federal court by 19 states and the District of Columbia says.
The administration exceeded its lawful authority and violated the Administrative Procedures Act by not following the statutory procedures for a reduction in force, including providing the employees with 60 days advance notice of their termination, the complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Maryland says.
The mass layoffs are part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s effort to streamline the federal workforce. But federal employees from the Departments ...