Trump refuses to explain why he fired watchdogs in letter to Congress

[turbinetree]

By Associated Press -May 27, 2020 9:49 AM

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said he was dissatisfied with the White House's lack of explanation.

The White House said that Donald Trump followed the law when he fired multiple inspectors general in the last two months, but the administration offered no new details about why they were let go.

A White House letter issued Tuesday in response to concerns from a prominent Republican senator does little to explain the decision-making behind Trump's recent upheaval of the inspector general community. It is unlikely to quell outrage from Democrats and good-government groups who fear the president is moving to dismantle a post-Watergate network of watchdogs meant to root out corruption, fraud, and other problems inside federal agencies.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a longtime, self-appointed defender of inspectors general and congressional oversight, requested that the White House explain the basis for the firings in April and May of the inspectors general for the intelligence community and the State Department.

The response Tuesday from White House counsel Pat Cipollone does not provide those details, instead making the points that Trump has the authority to remove inspectors general, that he appropriately alerted Congress, and that he selected qualified officials as replacements.

https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-watchdogs-firings-inspectors-general-congress/

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Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, first and foremost did your "guy" learn his lesson, he sure fucking did, he learned that even when Impeachment articles were put on your table to have him removed, that you and 52 other hypocrites had the means and power to have him walked out of the white house...............and now your whining, and that you are dissatisfied because his team and the "guy" and his criminal enterprise blew smoke up you ass................FUCK YOU.............you voted to keep him in power, you saw this shit during and before the Senate Impeachment hearing and you did squat.........you put party over country and the rule of law.............so FUCK YOU again, and again..............

[uponit7771]

1. So what Hitler factor are we at now? tia

[Midnight Writer]

2. Grassley is "Longtime defender of Congressional oversight"?

Where the hell has this "Defender" been the last 3 and a half years?

Congressional oversight has been completely eviscerated, pulled up by the roots and flushed down the toilet.

[spanone]

3. So mr. grassley, what do you propose? Praise for trump? A congressional inquiry?

let me guess....absolutely nothing.