Fired Democratic credit union watchdog members sue Trump
Two Democratic board members at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) sued President Trump on Monday for firing them.
The lawsuit marks the latest challenge to Trump’s terminations of independent agency leaders across the federal bureaucracy, testing the bounds of presidential power.
Earlier this month, Trump fired Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka, the two Democrats on NCUA’s board, without explanation.
The duo argue the president had no authority to terminate them mid-way through their six-year terms...