Trump fires Inspectors General.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which of the 74 IGs were fired? And if it's illegal, can they hold their positions while legal issues are addresses? Or will they be out on paid administrative leave?

New York Times says 17.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/trump-fires-inspectors-general.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The firing is illegal. Per the IG Act 2022, he has to give Congress a 30 day notice.

His staff obviously knows this. So is he testing the guardrails again to see how far he can push against them before they give way? The IGs have already been fired. Who has authority to address this illegal move? Can anyone stop it? Please share what you know since most of us don’t know the law.

[Anonymous]

The autocracy is here. 100%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The firing is illegal. Per the IG Act 2022, he has to give Congress a 30 day notice.

His staff obviously knows this. So is he testing the guardrails again to see how far he can push against them before they give way? The IGs have already been fired. Who has authority to address this illegal move? Can anyone stop it? Please share what you know since most of us don’t know the law.

I suppose it will have to go to the courts. On Monday, I expect these IGs will seek preliminary injunctions. Where this gets tricky, in my mind, is who pays for lawyers to do this? Obviously, the agency won't be permitted to provide counsel or cover legal fees. Do these individuals have enough to fight? I don't see any chance they could get relief by going to any other agency or OPM, for example.

[Anonymous]

it's called the Securing Inspectors General Independence Act of 2022 (public law 117-263). It protects IGs from being removed. It also limits who can be an Acting IG among other things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting how I don’t see this headline on any conservative news sites. Hm.

Conservative media is complicit in covering up his criminality.

💯

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The firing is illegal. Per the IG Act 2022, he has to give Congress a 30 day notice.

His staff obviously knows this. So is he testing the guardrails again to see how far he can push against them before they give way? The IGs have already been fired. Who has authority to address this illegal move? Can anyone stop it? Please share what you know since most of us don’t know the law.

I suppose it will have to go to the courts. On Monday, I expect these IGs will seek preliminary injunctions. Where this gets tricky, in my mind, is who pays for lawyers to do this? Obviously, the agency won't be permitted to provide counsel or cover legal fees. Do these individuals have enough to fight? I don't see any chance they could get relief by going to any other agency or OPM, for example.

If you, or any other readers of this thread, hear about a GoFundMe for the IG’s defense, please post a link. What good is the IG law and its “protections” if the IGs have to mount and pay for their own defense? Most people can’t afford that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it's called the Securing Inspectors General Independence Act of 2022 (public law 117-263). It protects IGs from being removed. It also limits who can be an Acting IG among other things.

Thank you. Reposting for visibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless of course he can prove they were not doing there job. I suspect there’s more to this, he is not an unprepared fighter. I’ll withhold judgement.

Oh, he definitely is an unprepared fighter. He is doing many unconstitutional things, such as this one, and we will see if the judiciary is okay with it. The ball is in their court.

He has dementia. His ideas are going to get worse and worse.

[Anonymous]

Since this is illegal, they can just stay. Who will take their badges?

[Anonymous]

These don’t look like actions of someone who will be gone in 4 years…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These don’t look like actions of someone who will be gone in 4 years…

He's moving so fast because he will be gone in four years. Vance will continue the reforms.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These don’t look like actions of someone who will be gone in 4 years…

He's moving so fast because he will be gone in four years. Vance will continue the reforms.

Vance may incessantly whine on social media like Trump, but he'll be out of politics.

[Anonymous]

Nazis gotta Nazi

(And don't give me the "he is not a Nazi because he hasn't murdered millions of people" argument. His tactics and language CONSTANTLY echo what Hitler did to assimilate power, to foment hate against other groups of people and you MAGA eat it up with relish!)