LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KOLO) – Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is asking a federal court to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the Trump administration from firing federal probationary employees.
He, along with 20 other AGs, filed the motion, calling it illegal, and asking for the employees to be reinstated. Ford says the firings are causing “irreparable injuries” to the state of Nevada and is already placing a strain on state resources and finances.
“These mass firings will leave Nevadans unemployed and strain our state’s resources and finances in the aftermath,” said Ford. “Firing these employees for no reason and on a mass scale leaves our state — and our taxpayers — on the hook. We will take care of our own, but the federal government cannot simply throw such a financial burden on the states without consideration or planning. These firings are unlawful, and I will take any action necessary to protect Nevadans and Nevada’s resources.”
Ford claims that the Trump administration’s stated reason for the mass firings, that being unsatisfactory performance, was not their actual motivation, and that instead his main goal is the downsizing of the federal government.
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