Grassley, in bipartisan letter, seeks 'detailed' explanation from Trump on IG firing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley and a bipartisan group of fellow senators are calling on President Trump to provide a "detailed" written explanation for his decision to remove the intelligence community inspector general from his post, in an effort to protect watchdog independence.

In a letter to Trump, Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Mark Warner, D-Va.; Jon Tester, D-Mont.; Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; and Gary Peters, D-Mich., raised concerns over Trump’s recent firing of ICIG Michael Atkinson, who played a key role in the impeachment saga.

“As you know, Congress created inspectors general to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and to be the independent watchdogs holding federal agencies accountable to the taxpayer,” Grassley wrote. “To ensure inspectors general are fully capable of performing their critical duties, and in recognition of their importance both to efficient administration and to the legislative function, Congress set clear, statutory notice requirements for their potential removal.”

Under current law, the president is required to inform the Senate and House Intelligence Committees in writing of the reasoning behind the decision for a removal of an inspector general, at least 30 days prior to that removal.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/grassley-in-bipartisan-letter-seeks-detailed-explanation-from-trump-on-ig-firing/ar-BB12oqjh?li=BBnb7Kz

[gratuitous]

1. And when Trump tells you to go piss up a rope?

It's not like the Senate insisted on the administration's participation in the impeachment trial. Grassley and the rest of the Republicans gave Trump a free pass to stonewall the trial, and then voted nearly unanimously to leave him in office. What kind of leverage do you think you have? So there's a statute. Big deal. The administration doesn't feel it has to obey any laws it finds inconvenient. Remember when the House asked for Trump's tax returns? The law says that the IRS Commissioner "shall" (no option there) respond to any such request from Congress with the requested tax returns. Treasury just flat refused to do its statutory duty. Did you say boo to a goose on that, Sen. Grassley? No. No, you did not.

You've abandoned the rule of law during this administration, and everyone knows it. When the President tells you to go suck an egg (if he responds at all), you don't have any credibility to force him to follow the law.

Well done, Senate Republicans. Well done indeed. Trump has surely learned his lesson about how to treat with you.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Grassley will roll over and piss himself like a puppy.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. Very well stated............

and again, we can learn from history:

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

.........Martin Niemoller

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Fuck you, Grassley! Isn't there a GOP Death Panel you need to be sitting on?

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. oh look, a concerned republican

[Yavin4]

5. Nope. You had your chance Chuck. Now you own him. Every action is on you.

You, and your Republican colleagues, gave him the greenlight to do whatever he wants. You signed off on it. Trump's attorneys literally argued that the president can do whatever he wants to do, and you all agreed with it.