UCMJ and in his case it’s called fire him. You don’t take it public. That’s tasteless, it’s tawdry and quite frankly unprofessional. You’d work for someone who conducted themselves in that manner?
I’m not saying my analogy was perfect, but neither was yours.
Political appointees serve at the pleasure of the President. Running for cover when he needs you is NOT how one ingratiates himself in such a job.
You act like this is a position at ABC widget corp. It’s not.