Former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector general Phyllis Fong was not arrested after she was ousted from her ...

Phyllis Fong, the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), was escorted from her office by security after refusing to comply with President Donald Trump's order to step down ...

Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department ... according to her biography. The Inspector General Act of 1978 states that “[a]n inspector general may be removed from office by the ...

Inspector General Phyllis Fong. The USDA denied that Fong was forcibly removed from her office after she reportedly refused to comply with being terminated by the Trump administration, according ...

While presidents have the authority to remove inspectors general, the now-terminated employees argue that Trump did not provide Congress with the legally required 30-day notice outlined in the ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Security agents escorted the inspector general of the ... sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had ...

Eight inspectors general whom Donald Trump fired from their federal agency watchdog posts are suing for their jobs back, ...

Inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump are suing to get their jobs back as watchdogs for waste and fraud at federal agencies.