USDA Inspector General Refused to Leave after Trump Firing

WASHINGTON (TNND) — The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Phyllis Fong, was escorted out of her office Monday after refusing to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, according to Reuters.

Sources told the outlet that Fong intended to stay after the White House terminated her, stating she believed the administration did not follow proper protocols.

Reuters also reviewed an email Fong sent to her colleagues saying the independent Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency “has taken the position that these terminations notices do not comply with the requirements set out in law and therefore are not effective at this time.”