Grassley says White House 'failed' on watchdog firings

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The White House said Trump “acted within his constitutional and statutory authority” when he fired two inspectors general. But Sen. Grassley didn't seem satisfied with the White House's defense.

White House counsel Pat Cipollone told a top Republican senator on Tuesday that President Donald Trump acted appropriately when he fired two independent government watchdogs., which Sen.

“When the president loses confidence in an inspector general, he will exercise his constitutional right and duty to remove that officer — as did President Reagan when he removed inspectors general upon taking office and as did President Obama when he was in office,” Cipollone wrote. Cipollone also defended Trump’s replacements for each watchdog post, both of whom are serving in their roles in an acting capacity. Grassley raised concerns about this rationale in his statement, and said political appointees should not be serving in a leadership role in an inspector general’s office.

 

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It’s pretty easy to Buffalo an 80-year-old befuddled Senator.

Damned fool. Your life’s work was in vain. It’s almost as if you made no impact in politics. Just resign and consider yourself a failure. You had your chance to remove realDonaldTrump .

So who the fuck is the 'White House'?

Finally

Grassley is cowardly shit.

action speaks louder than words. There is not one trumplican that has a backbone they showed us earlier this year🤥Butt it looks like we will pay him anything till he leaves on a Rail tarred and feathered!🤬

ChuckGrassley what will you And congress do about this. Trump is not above the law.

The White House says that about everything this fake president does. Who exactly is 'the White House'? Who is it behind the curtain spewing out this nonsense at us?

Congress MUST enact protection against a rogue, lawless, unhinged President’s ability to fire, replace or install “temporary” assignments to positions meant to PROTECT abuse of Government! must have 60% Congressional approval.. FORCED BI-PARTISAN approval!

They were left overs from Obama’s Administration. They should have left or being fired by Trump. Trump kept many Obama’s political appointees in the Administration including inspectors generals. He hired many Obama’s Biden’s ex staffers to the WH. Kusher, Melania Ivanka are Dems.

He did not if it was for a corrupt reason. Nevertheless, control over IG’s mist be permanently removed from the control of all presidents and put in an independent structure like the Fed.

Please Congress do your job!!

You lost me after 'The White House said'. 🙄

Trump is up to his history, if you don’t do well at lying, you’re fired. Evidently these IG’s were “snooping” around law breaking cases that would bring up the corruption in HIS administration. What else could Trump do? Cover-up unavailable, IG’s know too much. That quites them‼️

He will see things Trump's way in the end.

Childish Childult trump SHOULD BE FIRED RIGHT NOW. this man is DEVIL mixed with Hiltler's DNA. RACIST trump be gotten RID OF right now.

Wow. Cowards are starting to whisper. Tired of all that shit they have in their mouths?

Bout time

Let’s see if ChuckGrassley chickens out again .... so much Trump corruption!

Nothing but idiots in the White House Americans we must make America good so people want to live here trump turned America into a circus

What’s it going to take to move the republicans? Where’s the line?

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