The State Department says this is the first known dismissal taken under an executive order signed by Trump soon after he returned to office.
US President Donald Trump’s administration said on Wednesday that it had fired a State Department employee who did not acknowledge a romantic relationship with a Chinese national.
“The State Department has officially terminated the employment of a Foreign Service officer who admitted concealing a romantic relationship with a Chinese national with known ties to the Chinese Communist Party,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.
