Two people with knowledge of the matter said on Friday night that 17 inspectors general had been terminated; a third person said on Saturday morning that the figure was at least twelve. A White House spokesman would not comment for the record, and did not respond to a request for a list of those who had been terminated.
The confusion is the point, it’s not incompetence it’s tactical obfuscation and a bit of emotive “how dare these peasants ask us to explain ourselves”
The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires the president to give both houses of Congress reasons for the dismissals 30 days in advance.
In any sane country these inspectors would be showing up to work on Monday with court orders slapping Trump down in hand to start working on investigations into why exactly Donald Trump wanted to fire them so badly
The confusion is the point, it’s not incompetence it’s tactical obfuscation and a bit of emotive “how dare these peasants ask us to explain ourselves”
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In any sane country these inspectors would be showing up to work on Monday with court orders slapping Trump down in hand to start working on investigations into why exactly Donald Trump wanted to fire them so badly