Washington (AP) -Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors in government agencies. This is a drastic lawsuit to eliminate his new administration’s supervision that some members of Congress have proposed a federal monitoring method.
The dismissal began on Friday night, and was immediately effective, according to the two who are familiar with their actions. They talked about anonymity in order to provide unpublished details. Neither confirmed the exact number of shooting, but e -mail sent from one of the dismissed inspectors said that the “about 17” inspector had been deleted.
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Congress was not given a 30 -day notification for removal. Even the Republican top is blaming.
“There may be a legitimate reason for the IG dismissal. Senator Chuck Glassley, Chairman of the Senate judicial committee, stated in a statement.” I would like to explain more from President Trump. The 30-day detailed notice of the removal was not provided to Congress, “said R-Iowa’s Grassleyy.
The role of modern examiners is published as an independent check for incorrect management and power abuse when the parliament has set up an office in government agencies and sets Washington in Washington later. The inspector is the president’s appointment, but some serve the president of both parties. Everything is expected to be independent.
Rs.C, Senator Lindsey Graham. He acknowledged that the firing had violated the law, but he said that he had to go to the law next time.
However, the Democratic Party and the Watch Dog Group have been alert to use the dismissal to make Trump easier to make the government easier.
“Inspector is a beat police officer to prevent bad things,” said Max Stier, president and CEO of non -party partnerships. “Their job saves taxpayers every year.”
The White House did not comment on Saturday. President Donald Trump was in Las Vegas for a speech focusing on his campaign’s promise to end the federal tax on hints.
However, this movement matched the President’s first week in the White House. The White House features a series of steps to rebuild the federal government. Trump has used the presidential order to impose the freezing of employment and to crack down on diversity, fairness, and inclusion initiative.
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“Yesterday, in the darkness of the night, President Trump has fired at least 12 independent inspectors in an important federal agency of the whole administration,” said the Democratic Leader Chuck Schemar in New York State Senate on Saturday. I mentioned at the Chamber of Commerce. “This is a cold purge, and Donald Trump and his administration are previews that he is too frequent as he becomes the president.”
Schumer stated that the dismissal was “perhaps violating the Federal Law,” and said that this was “a clear sign that the government and corruption were the golden age of abuse.
The Washington Post, which first reported the firing, stated that many people were appointed from Trump’s first term. According to what was reported, those inspectors, which were reported to have been excluded, contained agriculture, commercial, defense, and education departments.
In a long statement on Saturday, Hannibal Wear, the chairman of the Inspector’s Inspectors and Efficiency, which is an independent entity that represents the interests of the government’s watchdog, says “strictly non -party method. I am a director. ” They are appointed by law regardless of political affiliation, and work effectively in the government and parliament, regardless of political parties. “
He suggested that the firing was notified to the president 30 days before the inspector was dismissed and violated the legal requirements that provide detailed evidence of the decision. “
“IG has not been immunity since removal, but it is necessary to follow the law to protect the independent government coach against the United States,” says a statement.
However, the round of the dismissal was Michael Hollowitz, a long -standing Inspector of the Ministry of Justice, who published a report on politically explosive criminal investigations in the past decade.
For example, in December 2019, Hollowitz announced a report that violates the FBI for the monitoring warrant application in a survey on Russia and Trump’s 2016 presidential elections. However, the report also found that the investigation was open for legitimate purposes and did not find evidence that the prejudice of the party had led the investigation decision.
Aside from the status of Hollowitz, the movement to watch dogs has been criticized by the Democratic Party of Congress.
D-minn. “It is important to eradicate waste, fraud, and abuse throughout the federal government,” said Senator Amy Crob Char. She said the massive firing was “anxious.”
Virginia’s Gerald Konory was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives Committee on monitoring and government reform, and called a “coup to overthrow the legally protected independent Inspectors.”
He also has the potential for the movement that this movement is only the fourth day of Trump’s second phase of Trump, but can potentially release a series of positions that are strong and sympathetic to the Trump administration. Suggested.
“Replacement of independent inspectors with political hacking will hurt all Americans who depend on the IRS hearing in IRS on social security, veterans, and refunds and audits.” I said.
Nevertheless, Trump has actively challenged the authority of the Watchdog Group, an independent institution.
In 2020, he replaced the General of several major inspectors, including the Ministry of Defense and the Intelligne reports, and the investigator was a special monitoring committee for the $ 2.2 trillion for the $ 2.2 trillion for Coronovirus. I was the chairman.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Democratic Party of Massachusetts, called Trump’s actions “purification of independent watchdogs at midnight.”
“Inspector has been accused of eradicating government waste, fraud, abuse, and fraud,” Warren posted to X.
Wicato reported from Las Vegas. AP communication writer Mary Claire Jalonic and Stephen Globes have contributed to the report.
