Just Another Case Of Trump & Company Ignoring Laws

Once again the Trump adminstration ignoring laws they don't like!

Exclusive: US EEOC Chair violated ethics rules halting LGBTQ cases, complaint alleges

Reuters

By David Hood-Nuño and Bianca Flowers

April 23, 2026

Summary

• Complaint alleges EEOC head halted LGBTQ and disparate impact discrimination cases
• Lucas sent DEI data requests to law firms without pending investigations, complaint claims
• Former EEOC general counsel David Lopez stresses lawyers' independent ethical obligations regardless of directives

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas allegedly violated professional conduct rules of the ​Virginia State Bar by refusing to enforce key provisions of federal civil rights laws, according to a complaint submitted to the bar Thursday, shared ‌with Reuters.

The Legal Accountability Center, which focuses on filing complaints against individuals and institutions alleged to have violated professional conduct standards, asked the state agency to investigate whether Lucas breached her ethical obligations by directing EEOC investigators to stop processing certain categories of discrimination claims and by sending unauthorized information demands to 20 major law firms.

Those letters, sent on official EEOC letterhead in March 2025, sought extensive data on ​firms’ diversity, equity and inclusion practices, including demographic information related to race, sex, hiring, promotions and compensation, the complaint alleges. Since returning to the White House in ​January 2025, Donald Trump's administration has cracked down on diversity efforts nationwide, targeting universities, major corporations and non-profits.

So they stopped enforcing laws Trump doesn't like!

Employment Agency Pushes Discrimination Cases That Match Trump’s Agenda

Field staff at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission say they are being pressured to bring politically charged cases, even with little evidence.

The New York Times

By Rebecca Davis O’Brien

April 27, 2026

Field staff at the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace say they are under intense pressure from leadership to bring in cases that fit the Trump administration’s priorities, including charges of discrimination against white men and charges of antisemitism on college campuses.

That pressure has led investigators and lawyers at the agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, to focus its thin resources on pursuing and fast-tracking cases that have little evidence and tenuous legal bases, according to more than a dozen current and former employees, both Republicans and Democrats.

They described a deeply demoralized and fearful work force, diminished by years of attrition and a surge of resignations and retirements during the second Trump administration. Current and recently departed employees, who requested anonymity because they feared professional repercussions, said the commission’s Republican chair, Andrea Lucas, had recast the agency to carry out President Trump’s executive orders. They said they felt compelled to speak because they were concerned about the future of the agency, where many saw their work enforcing the nation’s civil rights laws as a moral calling that has now been abandoned.

She was under order to drop discrimination cases against us!

Ms. Lucas, whom Mr. Trump appointed to run the agency in 2025, has conveyed to staff that she is under pressure from the White House to produce cases the administration favors. Employees said they had been led to believe that bringing these cases was necessary to ensure the agency’s funding. This month, the White House released a budget recommending a $20 million funding increase for the commission — returning it to its 2025 level of $455 million, after a cut last year.

This is all to appease his MAGA people who think that they are being discriminated against because they are white!

Now, facing pressure to bring more cases for white men — as well as claims of discrimination against American-born workers and cases of systemic antisemitism — staff in several districts said they were struggling to find complaints with merit. And they said they were pressed by their superiors to look for reasons to keep those cases alive, even when evidence was weak.

And now the EEOC is being sued for discrimination in not going after discrimination against us!