Charlotte Burrows, one of the Democratic members on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who was fired by President Donald Trump has hired legal representation.

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.

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

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

Charlotte A. Burrows, a former EEOC commissioner, says she will "explore all legal options" after being removed by Trump.

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."

The commission is a five-person panel that is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate to five-year terms.

President Trump fired two Democratic EEOC commissioners and an NLRB board member, hobbling two independent agencies that are tasked with enforcing worker protections.

President Trump on Monday fired two of the three Democratic commissioners who enforce civil rights in the workplace, extending his purge of diversity, equity and inclusion in the federal government. Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission confirmed their firings to the Associated Press on Tuesday.