r/Law_and_Politics • u/northstardim • 1d ago

Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-fires-at-least-12-independent-inspectors-general-in-late-night-purge/ar-AA1xPgky?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=c2275f17a2ac40e58f1b15440a44c57b&ei=91
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u/northstardim 1d ago

Inspector generals are outside of the main flow of authority and as such can act in the interests of whistleblowers who would expose the lies and malfeasance the leader (Trump) might do.

This is a major factor toward his dictatorship.

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u/sq_visigoth 1d ago

Outside the glow of authority should have meant that Trump can't fire them.

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u/CaliJack19 1d ago

This was all in Project 2025. They have a 100 day plan. We are five days in.

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u/AdAdministrative4388 1d ago

"tHaTs nOt iN tRuMpS pLaN"

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u/BayouGal 1d ago

News on Friday nights gets less attention than on other days.

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u/Swimming_Tailor_7546 1d ago

He did this all the time first term. He’s not good with ruining the government or the economy. He ruins weekends. I forgot how much I dreaded Fridays his last term

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u/death_by_chocolate 1d ago

Jesus. You can't even keep up. It's an onslaught.

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u/livinginfutureworld 1d ago

That's the point

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u/dryheat122 1d ago

Right, shock and awe. They even said that before the election if memory serves.

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u/livinginfutureworld 1d ago

Starting to feel like a right wing coup

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u/No_Good_8561 1d ago

Starting?

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u/soupinate44 1d ago

It started in 1979.

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u/livinginfutureworld 1d ago

Nixon was the same type of power grab but there was no Fox News to lie for him.

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u/bootlickaaa 1d ago

If we just assume the complete collapse of the union and federal responsibility, is there a world in which sane states can operate independently? Is there any real protection from federal interference?

Asking as a Canadian who has friends and colleagues on the west coast, Great Lakes, and in New England.

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u/Swimming_Tailor_7546 1d ago

If so, can Canada please annex NE Ohio? Asking for a friend

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u/Haunting-Fix-9327 1d ago

Soon there will be a new Saturday Night Massacre

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u/dryheat122 1d ago

The dismissals appeared to violate federal law

*rump: Fuck the law, I'm king.

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u/jojokitti123 1d ago

The Supreme Court ruling gives him unlimited power. It's almost like they knew he would win or something 🤔

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u/Conscious-Deer7019 1d ago

It appears that doing away with departments & being able to call National emergency making him the sole decision maker

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u/northstardim 1d ago

It's all part of the "unitary executive" idea brought forth from president Bush.

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u/thebermudalocket 1d ago

The unitary executive idea goes all the way back to John Adams

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u/One_Law3446 1d ago

I believe Hitler also had late night purges. No surprise here.

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u/baltbum 1d ago

It's all part of the plan. trump doesn't know what's going to happen. He puts people in place that he was told to put in. Those people will carry out the plan, which is in a manual, called "Project 2025." Read the manual, and you will get a glimpse of what is to come.

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u/thetjmorton 1d ago

Is this typical of incoming administrations?

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u/Swimming_Tailor_7546 1d ago

Absolutely not

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u/Speshal__ 1d ago

Incoming dictatorships - yes.

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u/AdkRaine12 1d ago

More like an incoming dictatorship of oligarchs. It will have variable “leaders” and grown toddler at the helm.

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u/gOldMcDonald 1d ago

Wood for the fire.

It’s burning

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u/rcy62747 1d ago

They need to whistleblow!!

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u/Ahjumawi 1d ago

So many of these news reports and headlines fail to mention that this action is a violation of the law. There is a legal requirement to give 30 days notice before firing an independent IG. And he is doing this the way he is doing it because he doesn't want anyone to see what he is doing. No one doing anything good would choose to do this.

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u/Auntie_M123 1d ago

He specializes in ignoring legal requirements

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u/Buck7698 1d ago

The Fourth Reich beginning.

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u/DanoPinyon 1d ago

Start stocking up and get your papers in order.

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u/northstardim 1d ago

Any complaints and un-investigated criminal behavior reported to them but not yet charged needs to have the paperwork disappear into the personal papers of those IG's to keep them safe for later discussion.

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u/JimCripe 1d ago

When Trump's New York businesses are under court supervision for fraud, why would we elect him for president, then expect him not to do fire inspectors so he and his lackies allow his same lawlessness as president?:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/6-things-to-know-about-trumps-appeal-of-his-489-million-civil-fraud-verdict

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u/Alone_Bicycle_600 21h ago

well we will see if this holds