Per: the US Congress….
The President CAN fire IG’s….
But MUST notify Congress 30 days in ADVANCE.….
The Inspectors General responded to Trump’s illegal attempt to fire them with a letter saying Heck no, we won’t go!
It’s a widespread massacre. Whoever Trump puts in now will be viewed as loyalists, and that undermines the entire system,’ one of the unnamed fired agents told the Washington Post.
But soon after Hannibal ‘Mike’ Ware, Chairperson of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, challenged the decision in a thinly-veiled threating letter.
Addressed to Sergio Gor, Head of the Presidential Personnel Office, Ware, wrote: ‘I am writing in response to your email sent to me and other Inspectors General earlier this evening wherein you informed each of us that ‘due to changing priorities, your position as Inspector General . . . is terminated, effective immediately.
‘As Chairperson of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), I recommend that you reach out to White House Counsel to discuss your intended course of action.
‘At this point, we do not believe the actions taken are legally sufficient to dismiss Presidentially Appointed, Senate Confirmed Inspectors General.’
The January 24 document further cites the 2022 amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978 – which state that the president must notify Congress 30 days prior to removing IGs.
Welcome, IGs, to the Resistance!
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