https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/27/hud-ben-carson-office-redecoration-trump-appointee
A senior career official in the US Department of Housing and Urban
Development has alleged that she was demoted and replaced with a Donald
Trump appointee after refusing to break the law by funding an expensive
redecoration of Ben Carson's office.
Helen Foster said she was told "$5,000 will not even buy a decent
chair" after informing her bosses this was the legal price limit for
improvements to the HUD secretary's suite at the department's Washington
headquarters.
Foster, 47, claimed that she also faced retaliation for exposing a
$10m budget shortfall, and for protesting when she was barred from
handling a pair of sensitive freedom of information act (FOIA) requests
relating to Trump apparently because she was perceived to be a Democrat.
A copy of a complaint letter filed by Foster to a watchdog for
federal employees was obtained by the Guardian. It alleges that HUD
violated laws protecting whistleblowers from reprisals. Foster is
seeking a public apology, compensatory damages and reinstatement as
HUD's chief administrative officer.
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