Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the numbers right. The only political appointee is the commissioner, who doesn’t see the data until it’s finalized, two days before it is issued to the public.

President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, slamming her for a weak jobs report and claiming she ‘rigged’ the data. Former Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein joins Erielle Reshef to explain how such a move undermines U.

The labor statistics chief that President Trump fired Friday is a "terrific person, but the jobs data her agency produced has become "very unreliable," National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday.