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Trump Tries To Fire Inspectors General, Likely Violating Federal Law

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26.01.2025

Trump Administration

Eric Boehm | 1.25.2025 4:18 PM

President Donald Trump reportedly tried to fire at least a dozen inspectors general on Friday night, but that action appears to violate a law that Congress recently passed to prevent such a purge.

Reports vary on how many federal inspectors general were handed pink slips. The New York Times reports that "at least 12" of the executive branch agency watchdogs were dismissed by the president on Friday night, while The Washington Post pegs the number at 15 and ABC says at least 17 were........

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