Quinta Jurecic

So that may be, you know, within that 6%. And people who were disabled and were not able to comply with the executive order that federal workers return to in-person work full-time because they physically couldn't. And so these are people who didn't want to leave but felt forced out.

So that may be, you know, within that 6%. And people who were disabled and were not able to comply with the executive order that federal workers return to in-person work full-time because they physically couldn't. And so these are people who didn't want to leave but felt forced out.

And the other thing that Nick said is that, you know, people are very aware that this is not an offer that they can rely on. I think that, you know...

And the other thing that Nick said is that, you know, people are very aware that this is not an offer that they can rely on. I think that, you know...

If the government had done this in a more organized way, if it had come from the specific agencies rather than from OPM under the, you know, particular, the vast array of federal agencies here, if it had come through the normal channels, if the terms of the offer had been clear rather than continually changing, if it didn't have material in the contract that said, by signing this, you're giving up any rights to sue us if anything goes wrong,

If the government had done this in a more organized way, if it had come from the specific agencies rather than from OPM under the, you know, particular, the vast array of federal agencies here, if it had come through the normal channels, if the terms of the offer had been clear rather than continually changing, if it didn't have material in the contract that said, by signing this, you're giving up any rights to sue us if anything goes wrong,

If it wasn't obviously clear to anyone who has spent any time in government that the government was making a promise that it actually couldn't carry out, because part of what this says is that you agree to resign, you'll leave on September 30th, and we're going to pay out your salary until then. The problem with that is that the government's going to run out of funding in mid-March.

If it wasn't obviously clear to anyone who has spent any time in government that the government was making a promise that it actually couldn't carry out, because part of what this says is that you agree to resign, you'll leave on September 30th, and we're going to pay out your salary until then. The problem with that is that the government's going to run out of funding in mid-March.

The federal government actually can't promise these civil servants that it will continue to pay them that amount because they don't know where the funding is coming from. And so that runs into legal problems for exactly that same kind of power of the purse issue. And so the sense...

The federal government actually can't promise these civil servants that it will continue to pay them that amount because they don't know where the funding is coming from. And so that runs into legal problems for exactly that same kind of power of the purse issue. And so the sense...

that has, I think, been brewing among people who have received these emails is not only that there's kind of a bullying and hectoring and dismissive and rude quality to the emails, but that they are being sent by someone who doesn't understand how the government actually works, and that therefore there is absolutely no reason to think that the federal government will hold up their end of the bargain.

that has, I think, been brewing among people who have received these emails is not only that there's kind of a bullying and hectoring and dismissive and rude quality to the emails, but that they are being sent by someone who doesn't understand how the government actually works, and that therefore there is absolutely no reason to think that the federal government will hold up their end of the bargain.

And under those circumstances, why would you take that offer?

And under those circumstances, why would you take that offer?

Happy to.

Happy to.

So before I start, I want to say we're recording this on the morning of February 7th. And if things change between now and when listeners hear this show, what I say may be out of date because the story is moving very quickly.

So before I start, I want to say we're recording this on the morning of February 7th. And if things change between now and when listeners hear this show, what I say may be out of date because the story is moving very quickly.

As you say, the Trump administration came in clearly with a posture of revenge toward the FBI and the Justice Department as a whole, really, right out of the gate when he pardoned over 1,500 rioters who had been prosecuted for their role in January 6th. Since then, what we've seen is a spree of firings at the Justice Department that

As you say, the Trump administration came in clearly with a posture of revenge toward the FBI and the Justice Department as a whole, really, right out of the gate when he pardoned over 1,500 rioters who had been prosecuted for their role in January 6th. Since then, what we've seen is a spree of firings at the Justice Department that