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President Donald Trump Fired Seventeen Independent Government Watchdogs Overnight.
It’s starting, and the President wasted no time.
It has started.
Late on a Friday night, President Donald Trump and his administration quietly fired no less than seventeen inspectors generals.
The Guardian reports:
“…Donald Trump fired 17 independent watchdogs at multiple US government agencies on Friday, a person with knowledge of the matter said, eliminating a critical oversight component and clearing the way for the president to replace them with loyalists.
The inspectors general at agencies including the departments of state, defense and transportation were notified by emails from the White House personnel director that they had been terminated immediately, the source said on condition of anonymity.
The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires the president to give both houses of Congress reasons for the dismissals 30 days in advance…”
I don’t think it is possible to understate the significance of what’s been done here, and the message that Donald Trump clearly has no hesitation of sending. No accountability. No oversight. No one who would dare challenge what he has planned in the coming days, weeks…
