A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration violated the law when it fired the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s chief financial officer without going through the steps Congress has mandated for terminating civil servants.
Following an hourlong hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff rejected arguments that President Donald Trump’s power over the executive branch gave officials the right to fire FEMA CFO Mary Comans last year without giving her a hearing or the right to transfer to another job.
“For the last 140 years….the Supreme Court has affirmed the president does not have plenary power to remove inferior officers,” Nachmanoff said as he ruled from the bench.
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