Trump fired nearly all inspectors general at major federal agencies

The president donald trump fired the independent inspectors general of more than a dozen federal agencies in an unprecedented purge held on Friday night.

The decision paved the way for Trump to install his loyalists in the crucial role of Identify fraud, waste and abuse in government.

The only Cabinet-level inspectors general who were spared were those at the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice.

The Washington Post was the first to report the layoffs.

An Inspector General conducts investigations and audits into possible irregularities, fraud, waste, or abuse by a government agency or its personnel, and issues reports and recommendations on his or her findings. The Inspector General’s office is intended to operate independently.

The layoffs appear to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intention to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general.

Legal uncertainty could create uncomfortable encounters on Monday, when several watchdogs who were informed they had been fired planned to report to their offices for work anyway.

The chairman of the Board of Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency questioned the White House action in a letter to Gor late Friday, cited by The Washington Post.

“I recommend that you contact the White House legal counsel to discuss the course of action you intend to follow. At this time, we do not believe that the actions taken are legally sufficient to remove the Presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed Inspectors General,” wrote Hannibal “Mike” Ware, inspector general of the Small Business Administration and acting inspector general of the Social Security Administration.

Democratic lawmakers criticized the firings, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calling the move “a chilling purge” and warning that the firings could usher in “a golden age of government abuses, and even corruption.” .

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