The director of the nation’s top public health agency is challenging a White House announcement that she’s been fired, and several other top leaders of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have resigned, saying President Donald Trump’s administration is putting politics in the way of keeping Americans safe.

White House spokesman Kush Desai said Wednesday night that Susan Monarez isn’t “aligned with ” Trump’s agenda and refused to resign, so the White House terminated her.

The director’s lawyers say she’s being targeted for standing up for science, and won’t leave unless Trump himself fires her, which is the legal process for a Senate-confirmed officer.

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