Trump fires Inspectors General.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So why can't trump just give the 30 days and say the reason is they were ineffective? That would be harder to litigate.

His cabinet appointments are about to start doing unethical stuff the day they show up. Also you have to give congress a legitimate reason for firing an IG which he probably doesn’t have for all of them. He is probably hoping to overwhelm every one very quickly, including congress, which seems to be working.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So why can't trump just give the 30 days and say the reason is they were ineffective? That would be harder to litigate.

Exactly! This was too easy. So from my perspective, there is no legitimate reasoning which is why I think Grassley is full of shit. Again, assuming that quote in the source is remotely true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of all the things he’s done, this makes me the most concerned. I’ve lived in corrupt countries led by authoritarian leaders and this move by Trump is uncomfortably similar. The

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People should be in the streets protesting this one.

It doesn’t work anymore

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of all the things he’s done, this makes me the most concerned. I’ve lived in corrupt countries led by authoritarian leaders and this move by Trump is uncomfortably similar. The

+1

People should be in the streets protesting this one.

It doesn’t work anymore

And Trump will use military force. I’m not risking my life for y’all since yall decided to elect him.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Some of those IG’s were MAGA supporters. I know for a fact one of them. FAFO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of all the things he’s done, this makes me the most concerned. I’ve lived in corrupt countries led by authoritarian leaders and this move by Trump is uncomfortably similar. The

+1

People should be in the streets protesting this one.

It doesn’t work anymore

And Trump will use military force. I’m not risking my life for y’all since yall decided to elect him.

And the “moderate” Dems will work with the Republicans and turn people in.

[Anonymous]

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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.

How would he know they weren’t doing their job. The man has only been in office five days.

Exactly! I work for an IG. Ours did not get fired (yet). You can go to every single one of our semiannual reports to Congress to see all the results (cost savings to taxpayers, fraud arrests etc). We are doing our jobs. But we sometimes do them a little to well. Under the last Trump administration he almost fired my IG because we investigated one of his politicals who had engaged in fraud and we had proof. The person told us if we proceeded with our investigation, they were going to the White House. We continued. He did and Trump almost fired our IG. But he got distracted because COVID hit. So the poster that said his appointees are about to do some unethical and illegal stuff are spot on.

Heck most of the EOs issues violate elements of established laws.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And while the IG's are being shut out and awaiting a court decision, Trump's people will ravage the agencies with no watch dogs on the inside to address it.

But the career folks are there. And they can and will forge ahead. And Trump cannot appoint temporary people like he’s done with many agencies. The IG law passed in 2022 limits who can act.

Nevertheless, this will be a very good test to see if Congress will standup to the bully. If I were them, I’d standup on this so that independent voters (in particular) “think” there are still checks and balances. The American electorate is pretty dumb. So this kind of showing would actually go a long way when Congress lets Trump roll over them on many other things.

He violated the IG law already. What’s to keep him from doing it again? Congress isn’t going to stand up to him. It’s controlled by MAGAs who praise every illegal thing he does. We’re heading fast toward dictatorship

[Anonymous]

He is Probably going to hire MAGA loyalists to replace them who will turn a blind eye to whatever is happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is Probably going to hire MAGA loyalists to replace them who will turn a blind eye to whatever is happening.

Or just not replace them at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Chuck Grassley will side with Trump

That man is going to have to explain himself to Lucifer. His old behind should not be afraid of his re-election and a Musk well funded challenger, but yet he is. The man is 91 years of age, running for his seat in 2026. That is if he doesn’t croak in his seat as he walk down the heated hallway to his final destination.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He is Probably going to hire MAGA loyalists to replace them who will turn a blind eye to whatever is happening.

Or just not replace them at all.

But that doesn’t work in his favor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of all the things he’s done, this makes me the most concerned. I’ve lived in corrupt countries led by authoritarian leaders and this move by Trump is uncomfortably similar. The

+1

People should be in the streets protesting this one.

It doesn’t work anymore

There is a big protest next week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of all the things he’s done, this makes me the most concerned. I’ve lived in corrupt countries led by authoritarian leaders and this move by Trump is uncomfortably similar. The

+1

People should be in the streets protesting this one.

It doesn’t work anymore

And Trump will use military force. I’m not risking my life for y’all since yall decided to elect him.

This! Trump will gas everyone like Assad in Syria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of all the things he’s done, this makes me the most concerned. I’ve lived in corrupt countries led by authoritarian leaders and this move by Trump is uncomfortably similar. The

+1

People should be in the streets protesting this one.

It doesn’t work anymore

There is a big protest next week

It’ll be very interesting to see how it is handled from a policing aspect.