January 25, 2025
Trump Fires IG's
Timothy Birdnow
Trump just fired multiple inspector generals in a late night purge.
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I think that last gives the reason "lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have pledged bipartisan support for the watchdogs" - in other words this was "the resistance" that planned to undermine Trump policies.
And what need does Trump have of IG's? DOGE is doing this same job, and doing it cheaper and more efficiently. Keeping the IG's is just duplication of efforts and wasted resources.
Trump understands these people are there to leak and to undermine him.
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So, they want to file with the courts to keep their jobs based on a time lag. What does that tell us? It suggests to me they need time to put poison pills in place.
Trump is moving lightning fast for just this very reason.
If we are to dismantle the deep state getting rid of government-paid oversight in favor of outside oversight is critical. You can't drain a swamp by pumping the water from one end to another.
Trump knows what he is doing. And Democrats are howling, a sure sign he's on the right track.
Trump just fired multiple inspector generals in a late night purge.
FTA:
One of the two people briefed on the dismissals said the number is at least a dozen and includes inspectors general at the departments of State, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Labor and Defense, as well as the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Energy Corp., and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Together, those agencies make up large swaths of the federal government, with control over billions of dollars in taxpayer money and broad global reach.
The inspectors general at the Department of Justice, Office of Personnel Management, the Federal Communications Commission, the Export-Import Bank and the Department of Homeland Security remain in place, according to the person.
The inspectors general were dismissed via emails from the White House Presidential Personnel Office, with no notice sent to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have pledged bipartisan support for the watchdogs, in advance of the firings, the person said. The emails gave no substantive explanation for the dismissals, with at least one citing "changing priorities” for the move, the person added.
Together, those agencies make up large swaths of the federal government, with control over billions of dollars in taxpayer money and broad global reach.
The inspectors general at the Department of Justice, Office of Personnel Management, the Federal Communications Commission, the Export-Import Bank and the Department of Homeland Security remain in place, according to the person.
The inspectors general were dismissed via emails from the White House Presidential Personnel Office, with no notice sent to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have pledged bipartisan support for the watchdogs, in advance of the firings, the person said. The emails gave no substantive explanation for the dismissals, with at least one citing "changing priorities” for the move, the person added.
I think that last gives the reason "lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have pledged bipartisan support for the watchdogs" - in other words this was "the resistance" that planned to undermine Trump policies.
And what need does Trump have of IG's? DOGE is doing this same job, and doing it cheaper and more efficiently. Keeping the IG's is just duplication of efforts and wasted resources.
Trump understands these people are there to leak and to undermine him.
The article continues:
Hannibal Ware, the inspector general of the Small Business Administration and leader of a council that represents inspectors general across government, suggested that the removals may be invalid because they appear to violate federal law requiring a 30-day notification to Congress before any watchdogs can be removed.
"I recommend that you reach out to White House Counsel to discuss your intended course of action,” Ware wrote in a letter obtained by POLITICO to Sergio Gor, the director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. "At this point, we do not believe the actions taken are legally sufficient to dismiss Presidentially Appointed, Senate Confirmed Inspectors General.”
Diana Shaw, a former acting inspector general at the State Department, said the dismissals were "the travesty we feared may be coming.”
"If legal, and I think that’s an open question under the law requiring 30-day congressional notification prior to the firing of an IG, it risks changing forever what we have historically valued most about IGs — their independence, objectivity, and non-partisanship,” Shaw said. "Without it, the function would be gutted of its greatest value and the entire system will suffer.
"I recommend that you reach out to White House Counsel to discuss your intended course of action,” Ware wrote in a letter obtained by POLITICO to Sergio Gor, the director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. "At this point, we do not believe the actions taken are legally sufficient to dismiss Presidentially Appointed, Senate Confirmed Inspectors General.”
Diana Shaw, a former acting inspector general at the State Department, said the dismissals were "the travesty we feared may be coming.”
"If legal, and I think that’s an open question under the law requiring 30-day congressional notification prior to the firing of an IG, it risks changing forever what we have historically valued most about IGs — their independence, objectivity, and non-partisanship,” Shaw said. "Without it, the function would be gutted of its greatest value and the entire system will suffer.
So, they want to file with the courts to keep their jobs based on a time lag. What does that tell us? It suggests to me they need time to put poison pills in place.
Trump is moving lightning fast for just this very reason.
If we are to dismantle the deep state getting rid of government-paid oversight in favor of outside oversight is critical. You can't drain a swamp by pumping the water from one end to another.
Trump knows what he is doing. And Democrats are howling, a sure sign he's on the right track.
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