The Trump administration is offering buyouts to federal workers. Read the memo the Office of Personnel Management posted for employees.

The move, which could dramatically reduce the size of the federal work force, appeared to stretch the limits of President Trump’s authority.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called the firings a “chilling purge,” while GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally, acknowledged that the firings may have violated the law but said: “Just tell them you need to follow the law next time.”