According to the WashPost, "the dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general."
Now why would Jethro want to do a thing like that? “Whoever Trump puts in now will be viewed as loyalists, and that undermines the entire system,” said one of the fired inspectors general. "Another fired inspector general learned of his ouster by reading the email for the first time while on the phone with a Washington Post reporter who had called to ask about it. The person reacted by saying the new administration 'does not want anyone in this role who is going to be independent.' ”
Jethro intends that there'll be no one left in government to say, "Wait just a good goddamn minute there!"
The system of Senate-confirmed inspectors general at large agencies was established in the late 1970s, after the Watergate scandal, to conduct independent investigations and audits of federal spending and operations and report the findings to Congress and the public.
Trump ousted five watchdogs in quick succession during his first term in 2020, starting with Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community inspector general who alerted Congress to the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump’s first impeachment. Trump had appointed Atkinson.
In fact, many of the 14 purged inspectors from last night were appointed by Trump in his first term, before he learned that even some loyal Republicans tend to be honest, dammit.
Scarier and scarier, this guy.
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"The system of Senate-confirmed inspectors general at large agencies was established in the late 1970s, after the Watergate scandal, to conduct independent investigations and audits of federal spending and operations and report the findings to Congress and the public."
With all of the corruption and waste in government it would seem they were doing a piss poor job.
As a former Whistleblower against a U.S. Government Department and another Agency within that department, I can tell you that the plight of a whistleblower was not easy then, and will be even worse now. Some Departments and their Agencies have layers of whistleblower procedures. Most reports that I was privy to never saw the light of day back then, so this will get worse under Trump. Now with the removal the IGs, the Trump regime will ensure that any whistleblower complaints are stopped dead in their tracks.
I haven't heard, but I imagine the IGs will be replaced with more capable personnel.
Maybe a telegram will arrive and you will become one.
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