Sen. Adam Schiff says Trump 'broke the law' by firing 18 inspectors general

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : On Saturday, multiple lawmakers -- on both sides of the aisle -- pointed out that Trump's move appeared to violate the law, which requires presidents to give Congress a 30-day notice and substantive reasoning for the firing before an inspector general is removed from their post.Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told NBC News in a statement Saturday that he'd "like further explanation from President Trump" about his justification for the firings.
39% : In a later interview on CNN, Graham defended Trump more forcefully, saying, "Yes, I think he should have done that.
30% : I'd like further explanation from President Trump.
27% : In an interview on NBC News' "Meet the Press," the California Democrat blasted Trump for firing 18 of the federal agency watchdogs over the weekend.
22% : On Friday, Trump fired at least 18 inspectors general, including those in the Defense Department, State Department, Health and Human Services Department and the Department of Labor.
19% : "His comment was responding to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who earlier in the program told "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker that "technically, yeah," Trump had violated the Inspector General Act, which Congress amended to strengthen protections from undue termination for inspectors general.
17% : "Yesterday, in the dark of night, President Trump fired at least 12 independent inspector generals at important federal agencies across the administration.

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