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Trump Fires at Least 12 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge [1]

['Maggie Haberman', 'Charlie Savage', 'Annie Karni']

Date: 2025-01-24

President Trump fired at least 12 inspectors general late on Friday night, three people with knowledge of the matter said, capping a week of dramatic shake-ups of the federal government with a purge of independent watchdog officials created by Congress to root out abuse and illegality within federal agencies.

The firings defied a law that requires presidents to give Congress 30 days’ advance notice before removing any inspector general, along with reasons for the firing. Just two years ago, Congress strengthened that provision by requiring the notice to include a “substantive rationale, including detailed and case-specific reasons” for the removal.

The move was the latest wave of abrupt upheavals following the inauguration of Mr. Trump that have put the government in increasing confusion.

There were competing lists circulating in Washington on Saturday morning of which inspectors general had received an email from the White House telling them each on behalf of Mr. Trump that “due to changing priorities, your position as inspector general” was “terminated, effective immediately.”

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/trump-fires-inspectors-general.html

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