DOJ says Rubio should have final say over Foreign Service board in latest bid to tighten executive powers

President Donald Trump‘s Secretary of State Marco Rubio should have the final say when U.S. diplomats and other Foreign Service employees appeal their firings or discipline, according to Justice Department legal guidance issued Friday. The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that an independent panel known as the Foreign Service Grievance Board cannot retain final authority to overrule…