Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Biden appointee, excoriated lawyers representing the former government watchdogs for how they handled their emergency request, but let the lawsuit proceed on a slower timeline.

A federal judge denied the immediate reinstatement of eight inspectors general who were fired by President Donald Trump last month, opting for a slower time frame to consider the case. The inspectors general argued that Trump firing them violated the law because he did not do so without justification or a 30-day notice to Congress

Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump's new administration.

Judge John D. Bates ruled that he had grave concerns about the privacy issues raised but that the case did not meet the high legal bar for immediately blocking access.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed late Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration from firing more CPFB employees and said the administration could not delete or destroy any of the bureau's data or databases.