From the WashPost: Trump administration illegally retaliated against FEMA employees, legal experts say The Trump administration put many FEMA employees on leave, about 36 hours after they signed an open letter of dissent about agency leadership.

“Legal and whistleblower experts say the Department of Homeland Security violated federal law when it put more than 30 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees on leave last week after they signed an open letter of dissent about agency leadership. In a new letter obtained by The Washington Post, the Government Accountability Project is calling on federal lawmakers and oversight agencies to investigate what it calls “illegal retaliation.”