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On January 24, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the immediate firing of at least 17 inspectors general across various federal government agencies. The late-night mass dismissal has raised significant concerns about government oversight, accountability, and potential legal violations, and was called a "Friday night coup", "Friday night purge", "midnight purge" [1] or "illegal ...
In April and May 2020, United States President Donald Trump dismissed the inspectors general (IGs) of five cabinet departments in the space of six weeks. [1] [2] The inspectors general removed were Michael K. Atkinson, Intelligence, on April 3; Glenn Fine (acting), Defense, April 7; Christi Grimm (acting), Health and Human Services, May 1; Mitch Behm (acting), Transportation, May 15; and Steve ...
And President Barack Obama fired Gerald Walpin, the inspector general of the Corporation for National Community Service, in 2009. It followed Walpin's criticism of a Justice Department settlement ...
In 2025, during his second presidency Donald Trump fired over a dozen inspectors general late the night of January 24. The inspectors general were let go without notice by email which violates federal law requiring a 30-day notice to Congress about removing the inspector general.
In a late-night Friday move, President Donald Trump fired at least 17 independent watchdogs -- known as inspectors general -- at multiple federal agencies, sources familiar with the move told ABC ...
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the ...
Commentator Michelle Malkin posted on her web site, "IRS employment application packets notify potential workers that the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration vets all candidates and current employees 'who have violated or are violating laws, rules, or regulations related to the performance of their duties.' President-elect Obama ...
Former President Biden fired the inspector general of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Martin Dickman after a probe over a hostile work environment, The Hill reported in late March last year.