Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran, said the Trump administration had not followed proper protocols, according to Reuters sources.

The White House fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies on Friday night — a move that both Democrats and Republicans have decried. Many lawmakers said that Congress was not given the legally required 30-day notices about the dismissals.

President Trump fired 17 inspectors general across federal agencies. Here's what an inspector general does and who they work for.

Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Currently, the HHS inspector general's website lists Juliet Hodgkins, principal deputy inspector general, as the highest-ranking member of the leadership team. Hodgkins joined the Office of Inspector General in 2011 and served as the office's acting chief of staff from 2020 to 2022, according to her bio.

The inspectors general Trump fired late last week had histories of donating to both Democratic and Republican political committees.

The full scope of the Friday night mass firings was coming into sharper view as one fired watchdog official warned of “a never-ending cycle of politicization.”

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversight laws.

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