Charlotte Burrows, a Democratic member and former chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fired by Republican President Donald Trump, has hired a pair of Washington lawyers known for pursuing high-profile employment and sexual misconduct allegations.

The removals of the commissioners, along with the general counsel, were part of a whirlwind of actions since Mr. Trump took office, with many aiming to gut diversity policies.

President Donald Trump has fired two of the three Democratic commissioners of the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace, an unprecedented move aimed at implementing his crackdown on certain diversity and gender rights policies.

A White House official defended the purge, calling the three women who lost their jobs "far-left appointees with radical records of upending longstanding labor law."

President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission late on Monday night, likely violating legal statute.

The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.

Some agency employees who President Donald Trump terminated from their leadership roles Monday night are now “considering legal options.”

The Democratic commissioners hadn't completed their terms before the White House notified them that they were being removed.

Charlotte A. Burrows said she will “explore all legal options” after being removed by President Donald Trump in a late-night