In the Interior Department, the former director of the Office of Policy Analysis, Joel Clement, has filed a whistleblower complaint against Trump administration political appointees like Secretary
Ryan Zinke, saying he was reassigned to the agency’s revenue office because of his former research and advocacy over climate change.
An agency spokesman said last month that reassignments are “conducted to better serve the taxpayer and the Department's operations.” Several Senate Democrats have asked for an Inspector General investigation into the complaint.
Trump himself has been the subject of dissent within his ranks.
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft said this week that the service “will not break faith” with its transgender members, despite President Trump’s promise to roll back policies allowing transgender servicemembers.
The acting director of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) also broke with the president, saying Trump “condoned police misconduct” in a speech to law enforcement on Long Island last week.
Walter Shaub, the former head of the Office of Government Ethics, resigned in July after publicly clashing with Trump on ethical issues. And the president was forced to fire Sally Yates, his acting attorney general, in January, 11 days into her term, when she refused to defend an immigration order.