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Trump fires at least 17 Inspector Generals [1]
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Date: 2025-01-25
Without complying with the law.
The legal justification for the firings is murky, given that Congress strengthened protections for inspectors general from undue terminations when it amended the Inspector General Act in 2022.
The law requires a 30-day notification window between the White House informing Congress of its intent to fire an inspector general and that inspector general being removed from on-duty status. The White House must also provide substantive reasons for why the inspector general is being removed.
www.nbcnews.com/…
The current law also mandates that any acting IG's must come from within the IG community, though it's unclear whether the Trump White House believes they need to follow that aspect of the law.
Grassley said Saturday that Congress was not given the required 30-day notice.
abcnews.go.com/…
Over to you congressional Democratic leadership.
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