This should get interesting.
Susan Monarez, the CDC director, was fired on Wednesday, but she is now refusing to leave her post.
Monarez has obtained lawyers who claim she cannot be removed unless President Trump himself fires her, and the recent statement by the White House terminating her is not enough.
Longtime government scientist Susan Monarez is refusing to step down as CDC director after the Department of Health and Human Services announced her removal less than a month after she was sworn in. pic.twitter.com/RgEyBITFVS
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 28, 2025
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The Guardian reported more closely on Monarez’s refusal to step down:
A standoff over the firing of the Susan Monarez, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and
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