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Former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector general Phyllis Fong was not arrested after she was ousted from her role, a spokesperson for the USDA has said.
Throughout February 2025, social media users continuously claimed that Phyllis Fong, a former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), was " one of the key players behind the ...
Inspector General Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, wanted to stay, David Murray writes.
A post shared on Facebook claims the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps purportedly arrested U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General Phyllis Fong. Verdict: False The ...
Eight inspectors general whom Donald Trump fired from their federal agency watchdog posts are suing for their jobs back, adding to the legal scrutiny over Trump’s first weeks of decisions in the ...
WASHINGTON (WRGB) — A longtime federal prosecutor in Albany, Robert P. Storch, is among the eight inspectors general suing for their jobs back after they were fired in late January without ...
A group of federal inspectors general ousted by the White House last month sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, claiming that their firings were carried out illegally. By dismissing the ...
Following the forcible removal of Phyllis Fong — the former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture — from her office after she ignored President Donald Trump 's termination order in ...
USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong ordered the mass extermination of healthy poultry in 2024, citing "mutating bird flu," in order to artificially inflate poultry and egg prices in the U.S.