Employees of the federal government who have been waffling about whether or not to take the “Fork in the Road” buyout offer from the Trump administration have been given the gift of some breathing room, courtesy of U.S. District Judge George O’Toole, a Clinton appointee.
With the midnight Thursday decision deadline looming for millions of federal workers, O’Toole hit the brakes and scheduled a hearing for Monday during which he’ll consider blocking the buyout offer altogether.
“I enjoined the defendants from taking any action to implement the so-called ‘Fork Directive’ pending the completion of briefing and oral argument on the issues. I believe that’s as far as I want to go today,” said O’Toole, who described the brief hearing as a “table setting session” just to schedule arguments for Monday afternoon. He did not say anything about the merits of the…
