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Trump fired the State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on Friday night stating in a letter to Congress that "that the inspector general no longer had his 'fullest confidence' ." In other words, the IG was shedding too much light on the President's Secretary of State's behavior. The latest IG firing follows a well established pattern by this President in firing anyone who might hold him or members of his cabinet accountable.
Summary of firings:
State Department IG: Steve Linick
Health and Human Services IG: Christi Grimm
Intelligence Community IG: Michael Atkinson
Pentagon - Acting IG: Glenn Fine
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy tweeted: “Using foreign aid to destroy rivals. Weaponizing the judiciary. Firing all the inspectors general. Democracies begin to die when a leader starts to destroy the limits on his power, and his faction decides that he is more important than the republic. Welcome to that moment.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...emocrats-decry-dangerous-pattern-retaliation/
Summary of firings:
State Department IG: Steve Linick
Health and Human Services IG: Christi Grimm
Intelligence Community IG: Michael Atkinson
Pentagon - Acting IG: Glenn Fine
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy tweeted: “Using foreign aid to destroy rivals. Weaponizing the judiciary. Firing all the inspectors general. Democracies begin to die when a leader starts to destroy the limits on his power, and his faction decides that he is more important than the republic. Welcome to that moment.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...emocrats-decry-dangerous-pattern-retaliation/