You are correct. Fox News has been spewing disinformation all day. The effect on his pension is very minimal.
It takes a certain type of felony conviction to lose any federal pension as far as I can tell.
That’s what I thought. The firing may effect his future health benefits after one year. He can still continue with Cobra as any other employee. With his income, I don’t think a health insurance premium is going to break his bank. His enrollment with the federal life insurance program may also be removed.
But, his thrift savings plan and retirement (and gov’t matched amount) is still his. Not sure how distribution takes place after being fired. It may not be any different once he reaches retirement age.