So does anyone want to weigh in on this 'break everything' push to avoid any accountability during his second term? What would a guy like him do with all that unfettered power with no checks and balances?
"The White House removed the independent inspectors general of nearly every Cabinet-level agency in
an unprecedented purge that could clear the way for President
Donald Trump to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government."
"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. The legal uncertainty could create awkward encounters on Monday, when several watchdogs who were told they were fired planned to show up in their offices to work anyway."
“It’s a widespread massacre,” one of the fired watchdogs said.
“Whoever Trump puts in now will be viewed as loyalists, and that undermines the entire system.”
"The emails informing the watchdogs of their dismissals rippled across federal agencies. 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.”
“IGs have done exactly what the president says he wants: to fight fraud, waste and abuse and make the government more effective,” that person added. “Firing this many of us makes no sense. It is counter to those goals.”
“It’s a purge of independent watchdogs in the middle of the night,” Warren said Friday in a
post on social media. “Inspectors general are charged with rooting out government waste, fraud, abuse, and preventing misconduct.
President Trump is dismantling checks on his power and paving the way for widespread corruption.”
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) called Trump’s action
a “chilling purge.”
“These firings are Donald Trump’s way of telling us he is terrified of accountability and is hostile to facts and to transparency,” Schumer said on the Senate floor Saturday.
Trump ousts at least 15 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
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.
