Approximately 75,000 federal employees accepted the president Donald Trump The delayed resignation program, after the US Office for Staff Management offered more than 2 million federal civilian employees in January to leave their job or be forced to return to work in person.
Employees who have accepted the so -called “Fork in the Road” offer will retain all salaries and fees and be released by personal work by September 30, which is part of the wider attempt of Trump’s administration reduce the federal government.
“We have too many people,” Trump told reporters in briefing for journalists on Tuesday. “We have office spaces occupied 4% – no one showed up at work because they were told not to do so.”
The White House confirmed to Fox News Digital that the numbers climbed to 75,000 from Thursday morning.
The judge returns Trump’s offer to buy federal workers
About 75,000 federal employees accepted the delayed resignation of President Donald Trump. (Fox News/Special Report)
The offer of Trump’s administration faced surveillance, and the federal judge temporarily blocked the administration plan to progress in the midst of the challenge from the union groups that expressed concern that the law did not demand that Trump’s administration would stop its end of the agreement.
However, US District Judge George O’Toole of Massachusetts ruled in favor of the White House on Wednesday night, claiming that the plaintiffs in this case were not directly influenced by the offer of Trump’s administration.
They “state that the directive is subjected to the effects that involve the manifestation of resources to answer the questions of members of the directive, the potential loss of membership and the possible damage to reputation,” O’Toole wrote.
“Unions do not need a direct share in the fork directive, but they challenge a policy that affects other executive branch employees,” O’Toole wrote. “This is not enough.”
Trump’s administration praised the court’s decision, and the press secretary of the Karolina Leavitt White House described it as “the first of many legal victories for the president.”
Caroline Leavitt White House secretary described the judgment of the court as “the first of many legal victories for the president.” (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)
“The court broke up the ban on the lack of standing,” Leavitt said in a Fox News Digital statement. “This shows that the law will not eventually overcome because of the will of 77 million Americans who supported President Trump and his priorities.”
The purchase program is one of several initiatives that Trump’s administration has revealed to reduce the federal labor. Trump also signed an executive order on Tuesday, which indicated the effectiveness of the Ministry of Government (Doge) to coordinate with federal agencies and execute a huge reduction in the federal workforce.
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The command also points to Doga and Federal Agency to work together on a “significant” reduction in the size of the federal government and restricting employment of new employees, according to the fact of the White House to order. In particular, agencies may not hire more employees for every four who leave the federal post.
Agencies have also been instructed to “take plans to reduce large proportions” and evaluate ways of removing or combining agencies that are not legally needed, according to the fact of facts.
Fox News’ Andrea Margolis, Jake Gibson, Jacqui Heinrich and Patrick Ward contributed to this report.
