Lawyers representing Justice Department employees fired for working on Trump and Jan. 6 cases are threatening legal action, alleging violations of due process rights and privacy laws. They accuse the DOJ of planning to publicly disclose the names of employees slated for termination, potentially endangering their safety and families.
Several opening moves of Donald Trump ’s latest round in the White House have raised the question: Is that legal? And perhaps more importantly: If not, what is anyone doing about it? When it comes to the firings of Justice Department employees for having worked on Trump and Jan. 6 cases, lawyers representing affected workers wrote to the DOJ threatening legal action.
“Most concerning, it has been reported that the Justice Department is planning to publicly disseminate the names of those employees they plan to or will actually be terminating, despite the risk of stigmatization,” the lawyers added. “Such action, which would be contrary to various laws, including the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, would directly put the safety of all impacted individuals at risk as well as their family members.
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