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“Because of these vacancies, the MSPB is unable to issue decisions on petitions for review from federal employees who allege that their agencies have unlawfully acted against them. These vacancies have led to a backlog of more than 3,000 petitions from federal employees requesting review of their allegations,” they wrote. Roughly 60 administrative law judges have still been hearing cases from whistleblowers and others challenging dismissal from the federal government. But their decisions can’t take effect unless they are approved by the board — giving the federal government the abilit...

Whistleblowers say a Trump ally made a questionable hire days before resigning from DOJ CNN 3/11/2021 By Christina Carrega, CNN © Susan Walsh/Pool/AFP/Getty Images Jeff Clark, assistant attorney general for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, September 14, 2020. Two federal employees are calling for an investigation into the hiring of a senior Justice Department official who had been interviewed by a manager who resigned shortly after -- and just days before President Joe Biden's inauguration. ...

Whistleblowers say Trump ally made questionable hire days before resigning from Justice Department Two federal employees are calling for an investigation into the hiring of a senior Justice Department official who had been interviewed by a manager who resigned shortly after — and just days before President Joe Biden‘s inauguration. The anonymous whistleblowers accuse Jeffrey Bossert Clark of conducting a bogus interview process for the assistant director of the Civil Division and appointing an inexperienced attorney days before his own departure. Clark had resigned on January 14 from his ...

Two whistleblowers assert that a Justice Department official improperly injected politics into the hiring process during his waning days in the Trump administration, according to a new filing obtained by NPR.

Whistleblowers Allege Improper Hiring At Justice Department During Trump's Last Days Drew Angerer / Getty Images Two whistleblowers assert that a Justice Department official improperly injected politics into the hiring process during his waning days in the Trump administration, according to a new filing obtained by NPR. The whistleblowers accuse Jeffrey Bossert Clark of conducting a "sham" process and elevating a person who volunteered to defend a controversial Trump policy on abortion access, even though the person had far less experience than other finalists for the job in the...