Trump HR Chief Not Required to Testify for Coming Hearing (2)

Acting director of human resources Charles Ezell won’t have to testify on April 3 in the case challenging mass firings of government probationary employees, a federal judge ruled Friday.

“The deposition of defendant Ezell is, on the present record, premature,” Judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said in his order.

Alsup stopped short of letting Ezell off the hook permanently, however. He denied the Department of Justice’s request to rid them of “any obligation to produce Mr. Ezell for any further deposition in this case,” adding that the plaintiffs may file ...