Former IG Fired by Trump: ‘We Got a Two-Sentence Email on Friday Night ... It’s a Clear Violation of the Law’

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Involved in those efforts. Then you may be hurting veterans.
>> What’s the case that you’ve got right now. The merits of the case are that you were fired incorrectly. Correct.
>> On Friday night, January 24th, under the law. And this is something Congress felt very strongly about. The president does have the right.
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>> If the president wants to remove IGs, he’s got to do at least two things. One is give the Congress 30 days notice. This is so Congress can decide whether or not they want to talk to the president about it. And secondly. Give a detailed case specific reason why they’re firing again. So Congress has more information and the public has more information. If we didn’t do our job, we should be replaced. And so neither of those were done in this situation. It’s a clear violation.
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>> Lawsuit.
>> Nonpartizan, independent people have not been included in this process? Why why is it easier just to get rid of you all?
>> Know the reason. The reason was given. You know, one thing you could say is maybe they don’t want the independent watchdogs, maybe they want lapdogs instead of watchdogs. You know, we do the job. We bring hard hitting. Reports when necessary. We’re able to take on senior leaders