Jocelyn Samuels, a Democrat and a former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission commissioner who was fired by President Donald Trump, is now suing him for wrongful termination, the Washington Examiner reported.

“Trump’s illegal removal of Commissioner Samuels, as carried out by Defendants EEOC and [Acting EEOC Chair Andrea R.] Lucas, has significant and damaging consequences for the work of the Commission, the enforcement of the nation’s anti-discrimination laws, and the rights and interests of both workers and employers,” the complaint reads.

??”Defendant Trump’s efforts to hamstring the EEOC are consistent with and further his Administration’s efforts to turn back the clock on decades of established precedent protecting workers and job applicants from discrimination, but they are contrary to law.”

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