The Supreme Court seems poised to affirm President Donald Trump’s authority to fire employees of independent federal agencies, Joe diGenova, former U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., and Victoria Toensing, a former senior Justice Department official, told Newsmax on Tuesday.
On Monday, the Supreme Court temporarily paused a judicial order that required the Trump administration to reinstate a Biden-appointed member of the Federal Trade Commission, keeping Rebecca Slaughter out of her position for now. The administrative stay will give the justices additional time to consider Trump’s request to allow him to fire Slaughter prior to the end of her term.
While appearing on “The Chris Salcedo Show,” diGenova said he thinks the Supreme Court will ultimately end up agreeing with the president’s argument that he should be permitted to fire federal employees.
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