White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday repeated that the administration will challenge an “activist” judge’s order that six federal agencies rehire thousands of probationary workers.
The workers were laid off as part of President Donald Trump’s push to streamline the federal government.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the justification of “poor performance” for mass layoffs last month was “a sham in order to try to avoid statutory requirements,” The New York Times reported.
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