Phyllis Fong had told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White House terminated her on Friday<\/p>\n
Security agents escorted the inspector general of the US Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.<\/p>\n
Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had earlier told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White House terminated her on Friday, saying that she didn\u2019t believe the administration had followed proper protocols, the sources said.<\/p>\n
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