Christopher Hanson, a Democrat commissioner on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was fired by President Donald Trump on Friday.

Hanson claimed in a statement he was removed “without cause” and “contrary to existing law and long-standing precedent regarding removal of independent agency appointees.”

Anna Kelly, a White House spokeswoman, told Politico that “all organizations are more effective when leaders are rowing in the same direction,” noting Trump has the right remove employees “within his own executive branch.”

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