Trump fires Democratic-appointed Consumer Product Safety commissioners
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The move comes as the Trump administration is facing legal scrutiny over its efforts to permanently fire board members at independent agencies.
President Donald Trump on Thursday fired three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the agency that creates safety requirements and issues recalls for consumer products, the commissioners said in statements. The move comes as the Trump administration is facing legal scrutiny over its efforts to permanently fire board members at independent agencies. All three fired CPSC commissioners – Richard Trumka Jr., Alexander Hoehn-Saric, and Mary Boyle – were nominated by former President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate. Trumka’s and Hoehn-Saric’s terms were due to end in 2027 while Boyle’s was due to end later this year. Trumka said he received a visit from the Department of Government Efficiency on Thursday, alongside a request for approval to bring two DOGE members to the agency, which he didn’t allow. He got an email shortly thereafter telling him he had been fired. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position on the Consumer Product Safety Commission is terminated effective immediately. Thank you for your service,” reads the email, which CNN has obtained. Trumka said the email didn’t explain why he was being fired. “Of course, he did not give any reason why. However, it immediately follows me doing two things that this Administration is against: (1) advancing solutions to protect the American people from harm, and (2) stopping the illegal firing of scores of public servants who do lifesaving work,” Trumka said in a statement Friday.
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