Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had earlier told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White House terminated her on Friday, saying that she didn’t believe the administration had followed proper protocols, the sources said.
In an email to colleagues on Saturday, reviewed by Reuters, she said the independent council of the inspectors general on integrity and efficiency “has taken the position that these termination notices do not comply with the requirements set out in law and therefore are not effective at this time”.
I think that ship sailed when she told her coworkers that she was going to ignore Trump’s illegal order and continue coming into work, at this point more publicity on this is only going to limit what they can do to her
Just because she made a mistake in the beginning doesn’t mean that she should start making more mistakes now.