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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was expected to fire Sharon Gustafson, the Trump-appointed general counsel of the EEOC, on Friday, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation.
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Biden Fires Trump-Appointed Anti-LGBT EEOC Lawyer Who Refused to Resign
President Biden has fired Sharon Gustafson, the Trump-appointed general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who focused much of her work on combating “religious discrimination” in the workplace.
Bloomberg Lawreports that the Biden Administration originally asked Gustafson to resign earlier this week but she refused. In a letter to Biden explaining her refusal to resign, Gustafson wrote that her resignation would lead to a “suppression of our work promoting religious freedom.”
The Washington Post adds that under Gustafson’s counsel last year, the EEOC sued the grocery chain Kroger on behalf of two workers in Arkansas who said wearing an apron embroidered with a small rainbow-colored heart, which they believed to be a pro-LGBT symbol, violated their religious beliefs.
Biden White House Fires Trump-Appointed Lawyer Who Refused to Resign in Defiant Letter
By Marisa SarnoffMar 6th, 2021, 9:52 am
Sharon Gustafson, general counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, after the controversial
Donald Trump appointee refused to resign in a defiant letter to President
Joe Biden.
Bloomberg Law was first to report Gustafson’s firing Friday, and shared the letter she wrote to Biden. She refuses Biden’s request that she resign, noting that she was appointed to a four-year term.
“Unless prevented from doing so, I intend to honor that commitment,” Gustafson wrote.
“I have confidently given this advice to countless embattled clients over the last 25 years: hold your head high, do your best work, and do not resign under pressure,” she added. “In solidarity with them, I will follow that advice.”