President Donald Trump fired two Democrat commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, but both say they intend to sue them to get their jobs back.
The shootings clashed with the massacre of Alvaro Bedoja and Rebecca, representing the Democratic minority on a five-member committee. The White House did not immediately confirm that Trump had fired staff from Fox News Digital, but both Bedoya and Slaughter issued an official statement saying they intend to appeal for them to return to their role.
“I’m a Federal Trade Commissioner. The President just fired me illegally,” Bedoya wrote on social media, claiming that Trump “wants the FTC to be a rap dog for his golf buddies.”
Slaughter issued a similar statement saying that Trump was “illegally fired,” arguing that the move “violates the law and the clear language of the clear Supreme Court precedent.”
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President Donald Trump fired a Democrat on Tuesday. (Getty Images)
“We are still commissioners. We are calling for clarity to make it clear for everyone,” Bedoya said in a follow-up statement.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, a Republican, was first appointed to the committee by President Biden and later served as Trump’s chairman, saying he had no issues with the shootings Tuesday.
“President Donald J. Trump is the head of the administrative division and is given to all the enforcement of our government,” Ferguson wrote. “There is no doubt about his constitutional authority to eliminate the commissioners needed to ensure democratic accountability for our government.”
“I am very grateful to Bedya for the commissioners being slaughtered,” he added.
Former FTC committee members Rebecca Kelly Slaughter (L) and Alvaro Bedoya (R) say they intend to sue President Trump’s administration over their shootings. (Schlan Fan of the Washington Post by Getty Images)
The FTC’s shootings are just the latest fight over the limits of Trump’s administrative authorities. His administration faces numerous lawsuits from disgruntled former employees across the federal government, with several federal judges trying to hamper his administration’s efforts.
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Last week, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued a verbal 14-day restraining order to immediately suspend the Trump administration’s plan for deportation from Tren de Aragua. Trump had deported gang members under the Alien Enemy Act of 1798, but the order may have forced him to return to American soil on two planes full of TDA gang members.
Judge James Boasberg tried to stop the deportation of members of President Trump’s Tren de Aragua gang. (Valerie Press/Bloomberg via Getty)
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Trump’s efforts to reap the federal government with Elon Musk and the Department of Government’s Efficiency (DOGE) have also pose many legal challenges.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter for Fox News Digital, covering national politics and major broken news events. Submit your tip to anders.hagstrom@fox.com or via Twitter: @hagstrom_anders.
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