Newsweek Article Rating

Donald Trump just "technically" violated the law -- Lindsey Graham

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Overall Sentiment

-13% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : " John Choon Yoo, a law professor at University of California at Berkeley, told Newsweek in an email on Saturday: "President Trump is well within his power to remove members of the executive branch at will.
37% : During an appearance on NBC News' Meet the Press on Sunday, Welker asked Graham, a Trump ally, "What do you say to those who believe that President Trump is going to replace these watchdogs with loyalists?" "I'm not overly worried about that," the senator said.
36% : Trump told reporters that the move to fire these inspectors general is "a very common thing to do." The firings are similar to what he did in 2020 when he dismissed five inspectors general from their roles.
34% : " It's unlikely Trump will face any legal repercussions for the firings, but Schiff reminded the American people of the powers Congress has and said, "We have the power of the purse, we have the power right now to confirm or not confirm people for Cabinet positions that control agencies or would control agencies whose inspector generals have just been fired."
26% : " Sidney Powell, who Trump once said was part of his legal team but later said was never his lawyer, wrote on X on Saturday: "Existing IGs are virtually worthless.
22% : President Trump is dismantling checks on his power and paving the way for widespread corruption.
18% : " Barbara McQuade, MSNBC legal analyst and former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan under the Barack Obama administration, wrote on X on Saturday: "Trump has fired 12 inspectors general without providing the 30-day notice to Congress required by law.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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