House Democrats are probing whether the nondisclosure agreements that the Trump White House has made outgoing employees sign comply with whistleblower protection laws.
If they don’t, House Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings warned, the salaries of administration officials who have enforced those NDAs could be withheld in accordance with federal law.
In a letter to acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Cummings renewed a request from last year — when Democrats were in the minority — for the Trump administration to hand over copies of the NDAs signed by outgoing officials.
View the complete May 14 article by Griffin Connolly on The Roll Call website here.