Judge Ana Reyes testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2022. Sarah Silbiger/Reuters AP —

A federal judge refused on Wednesday to reinstate eight former inspectors general who filed a lawsuit after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation.

US District Judge Ana Reyes said that while President Donald Trump likely violated the federal law governing the process for removing the nonpartisan watchdogs from office, the firings didn’t cause enough irreparable harm to justify reinstating the watchdogs before the lawsuit is resolved.

The eight plaintiffs were among 17 inspectors general who were fired by Trump on January 24. Each received identical two-sentence emails from the White House that att

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