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TicketyBoo

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Sat Jan 25, 2025, 07:29 AM Saturday

Trump fires 17 independent inspectors general at federal agencies, source says

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Source: ®euters

Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump fired 17 independent watchdogs at multiple government agencies on Friday, a person with knowledge of the matter said, eliminating a critical oversight component and clearing the way to replace them with loyalists.
The inspectors general at agencies including the departments of state, defense and transportation were notified by emails from the White House personnel director that they had been terminated immediately, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-least-12-independent-inspectors-general-washington-post-reports-2025-01-25/

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Trump fires 17 independent inspectors general at federal agencies, source says (Original Post) TicketyBoo Saturday OP
Stalinist Purge underway bucolic_frolic Saturday #1
The leaks still will come forth.............. Lovie777 Saturday #2
Feel like weeping. Also damn pissed off. Joinfortmill Saturday #3
After an alert to the hosts, locking. Emile Saturday #4

bucolic_frolic

(48,222 posts)
1. Stalinist Purge underway
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 07:34 AM
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Lovie777

(15,942 posts)
2. The leaks still will come forth..............
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 07:41 AM
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the loyalty is frail, the insecurity level on high. The chaos within will be the undoing.

Meanwhile, the USA and world will suffer.

Joinfortmill

(16,989 posts)
3. Feel like weeping. Also damn pissed off.
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 08:17 AM
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Emile

(31,840 posts)
4. After an alert to the hosts, locking.
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 08:23 AM
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This is a duplicate of the same news story posted earlier.

dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143380656

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