Major shock for Trump! The Federal Judge demands to reconsider thousands of government employees, calls “illegal”

A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to resume thousands of new government employees, which were evacuated in February.

For Northern California, American District Court Judge William Alsup said that it was illegal to set fire to probationary employees for the office of Personnel Management.

“This is a tragic day when our government would fire a good employee and say it was based on the performance when they know well and well that it is a lie,” Alsup said. “It should not have been done in our country.”

After the order, many government departments – defense, veteran cases, energy, internal, agriculture and treasury – have to be resumed to those employees who were setting fire under the direction of OPM around February.

Calling the Template Termination Letter of OPM as a ‘Sham’ for agencies, Alsup said, “Each of each agencies should present a list of employees under probation finished within a week within a week, explaining what has been done for each.”

This is a major setback for the Trump administration campaign to quickly shrink the size of the ruling federal workforce. In the coming weeks, federal activists are expected to be trimmed to reach hundreds of thousands.

ALSUP had previously issued a temporary stop at the forward agency trimmed by OPM or its acting director, Charles Agele.

At the hearing on Thursday, Alsup criticized the government for firing and the subsequent litigation. He pointed to evidence of agencies firing employees under the aegis of low performance when they actually got just a bright review.

Bill Clinton Judge Alsup on Thursday criticized the government for refusing to testify OPM Director Charles Ageel to testify about the argument behind the agency’s directive. Azel initially presented an oath written statement explaining the OPM’s decision, but Alsup withdrew it after the government withdrew it after witnessing and ordered to face cross-execution.

Azel should have faced the cross exam so that “we arrive for the truth,” Alsup told the government’s counsel at Thursday’s hearing.

“I suspect that you are telling me the truth,” he said.

“It bothers me,” said Alsup. He said, “I have been serving in this court for more than 50 years” and “You have been giving me a press release, sham document” instead of live witnesses, he said.

Trump administration to fight back

It is likely that the government will appeal for Thursday’s order. White House press secretary Karolin Lewit said in a statement that the Trump administration “immediately would fight back against this absurd and unconstitutional order”.

He said, “The President has the right to use the power of the entire executive branch – the judge of the World District Court cannot misuse the power of the entire judiciary to thwart the agenda of the President,” he said.

(With input from Bloomberg)