Under current civil service rules, it is damned near impossible to fire a government employee with more than 6 months on the job.
Note that they Never said what his GS level was, leads one to believe he was excepted service. The common GS-Career Service are
difficult to dismiss, Excepted service have all the benefits of Career Service, but can be dismissed with or without cause. The left will make a big wind about his dismissal, but it's just wind. They had already fired Page, didn't hear a windstorm about that did we. Oh! Senior Executive Service, and Executive Service can be fired at the drop of a hat.