Trump fires 17 inspectors general in late-night purge - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : And it is in keeping with an effort that Trump began in early 2020, when he dismissed five inspectors general from their roles.
35% : He also said the FBI director at the time the investigation was opened, James Comey, had violated the department's policy with secret memos about his interactions with Trump that later became public.
29% : The firings threatened to upend the traditional independence of the internal watchdogs, and critics of Trump reacted with alarm.
26% : At the time, Trump was dealing with a raging pandemic across the country, but he also was seeking to reshape the government to remove people he saw as trying to damage him.
23% : "President Trump is dismantling checks on his power and paving the way for widespread corruption.
13% : That included Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the U.S. intelligence community, who dealt with the anonymous whistleblower complaint that led to Trump's first impeachment by the House.Democrats accused Trump of trying to gut the independent offices.

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