Firings and removals

People and groups of people removed from federal office since January 2025, and what happened when the removal was challenged. The status column is the legal outcome, not the reason for the removal - the question this table asks is whether the courts stopped it. Mass actions appear as single rows carrying a headcount rather than a name. Resignations are included only where reporting establishes that pressure, a dispute or a refusal preceded them; departures given a personal reason are left out. Reinstated on paper only is a real category here: after two judges ordered roughly 25,000 probationary employees back, agencies reinstated them onto paid administrative leave with their laptops taken and their email suspended, which the judge held did not comply with his order.

On coverage: this list is built from a research pass that went deep on removals which produced litigation, because that is the comparison the page exists to make. It is not yet a complete census of every dismissal of this presidency, and it should not be read as one. Two areas are known to be thin and are still being worked: resignations under sourced pressure, and cases where a court ordered reinstatement and the government complied only nominally.

35
Removals listed
6
Stopped by a court
5
Ruled unlawful
6
Never challenged
Kind
Legal outcome
Who was removed Date Kind Legal outcome Source Agency or court
U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff fired in Seattle within an hour of appointment record Prosecutor Litigation pending cbsnews.com W.D. Wash.
CIA and ODNI ordered to rehire 19 intelligence officers record Mass workforce action Reinstated by court nbcnews.com CIA; ODNI
Humphrey's Executor overruled in Trump v. Slaughter record Independent agency Upheld in court govexec.com Supreme Court
Kari Lake's appointment to run USAGM ruled unlawful record Press & media Ruled unlawful, not reinstated kjzz.org D.D.C., Judge Lamberth
Judge orders 1,042 Voice of America employees back to work record Press & media Reversed on appeal nbcnews.com USAGM; D.D.C., Judge Lamberth
Kash Patel fires at least six FBI agents tied to the 2022 Mar-a-Lago search record Law enforcement Litigation pending nbcnews.com FBI
State Department layoffs blocked and shutdown-period RIFs ordered reversed Mass workforce action Blocked before taking effect federalnewsnetwork.com State, Education, OPM, OMB
State Department finalises its mass layoff; workers not reinstated under the shutdown deal Mass workforce action Upheld in court marylandmatters.org Department of State
Pattern of firing court-appointed U.S. attorneys record Prosecutor Litigation pending newjerseymonitor.com Multiple districts
Lindsey Halligan ruled wrongfully appointed in the Eastern District of Virginia record Prosecutor Ruled unlawful, not reinstated democracydocket.com E.D. Va.
Shutdown-period reductions in force covering about 4,000 employees record Mass workforce action Blocked before taking effect govexec.com OPM and OMB
Sigal Chattah ruled not validly serving as Nevada's U.S. attorney Prosecutor Ruled unlawful, not reinstated washingtonpost.com D. Nev., Judge David Campbell
Three senior FBI officials sue Patel over a "campaign of retribution" Law enforcement Litigation pending pbs.org FBI
CDC director Monarez fired after refusing to resign; three senior officials quit in protest record Public health Unchallenged nbcnews.com Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kari Lake ordered deposed under oath, "verging on contempt of court" record Press & media Litigation pending npr.org USAGM; D.D.C., Judge Royce Lamberth
Attempted removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook record Independent agency Blocked before taking effect cnbc.com Federal Reserve Board
Alina Habba held not lawfully serving as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Prosecutor Ruled unlawful, not reinstated cnn.com D.N.J.; Third Circuit
Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer fired record Statistics & science Unchallenged nbcnews.com BLS
HHS reorganisation and 10,000-person RIF blocked Mass workforce action Reversed on appeal nbcnews.com New York v. Kennedy, D.R.I., Judge Melissa DuBose
About 139 EPA employees suspended for signing a declaration of dissent record Mass workforce action Litigation pending govexec.com Environmental Protection Agency
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter purportedly removed record Records & culture Reinstated by court federalnewsnetwork.com U.S. Copyright Office
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden fired record Records & culture Unchallenged levin-center.org Library of Congress
Rebecca Slaughter removed from the Federal Trade Commission record Independent agency Upheld in court npr.org FTC
Probationary staff "reinstated" to paid administrative leave rather than to their jobs record Mass workforce action Reinstated on paper only cnn.com IRS, EPA, NOAA, FDA and others
Purge of the services' judge advocates general Military Unchallenged military.com Department of Defense
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs C.Q. Brown fired, with the Navy chief and Air Force vice chief record Military Unchallenged aol.com Department of Defense
About 25,000 probationary employees fired across 18-20 agencies record Mass workforce action Reversed on appeal scotusblog.com Office of Personnel Management
Cathy Harris removed from the Merit Systems Protection Board record Independent agency Reversed on appeal federalnewsnetwork.com MSPB
Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan fired Records & culture Unchallenged cbsnews.com National Archives
Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger removed record Watchdog Reversed on appeal govexec.com Office of Special Counsel
EEOC Democratic commissioners removed record Independent agency Outcome unresolved seyfarth.com Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Gwynne Wilcox removed from the National Labor Relations Board record Independent agency Reversed on appeal federalnewsnetwork.com NLRB
PCLOB Democratic members Travis LeBlanc and Edward Felten removed record Independent agency Reinstated by court jurist.org Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
At least 17 inspectors general fired without the statutory 30-day notice record Watchdog Ruled unlawful, not reinstated federalnewsnetwork.com Multiple agencies
At least 130 immigration judges terminated between January 2025 and June 2026 Adjudicator Litigation pending justsecurity.org Executive Office for Immigration Review

35 of 35 entries carry a date; 35 carry a source; 26 link to a full 47watch record. Anything that could not be established from a source is left blank rather than estimated.

Last updated August 8, 2026. Suggest an addition
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