Press Release
March 21, 2025
The following is a statement from Ambassador Norm Eisen (ret.), executive chair and co-founder of State Democracy Defenders Fund, on the executive order attempting to expand the power of the White House Office of Personnel Management (OPM):
“Congress has not extended OPM the authority to willy-nilly fire federal employees across the government, and the president cannot change that simply by signing an executive order. In fact, this illegal attempt to expand OPM’s power is an admission of what courts in Maryland and California have already made clear to President Trump: gutting federal agencies created by Congress won’t be tolerated. Led by Elon Musk and DOGE, this Administration is actively harming the American people by diminishing critical services families depend on. This latest EO is an illegal attempt to grant themselves even more unchecked power.”