https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/elon-musk-foe-escorted-fed-004315382.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Fired inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Phyllis Fong was removed from her Washington D.C. office on Monday after refusing to comply with the conditions of her termination.<\/p>\n
A 22-year-old veteran of the department\u2014which has a broad mandate to investigate food safety and animal welfare\u2014Fong\u2019s office has been investigating Elon Musk\u2019s brain implant startup Neuralink, among other investigations into the Boar\u2019s Head\u2019s listeria outbreak.<\/p>\n
The USDA launched a federal investigation into Neuralink in 2022 for potential animal-welfare violations following internal staff complaints alleging the needless suffering and deaths of animals via testing, reported Reuters at the time.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Fong was one of 17 federal watchdogs given their walking papers by the Trump administration, reported Reuters. However, Fong told her colleagues in an email that she intended to stay in her post, arguing that \u201cthese termination notices do not comply with the requirements set out in law and therefore are not effective at this time.\u201d”<\/p>\n
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