President Donald Trump listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, April 3, 2020, in Washington.
Trump said in the letter that it is “vital” that he has confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general, and “that is no longer the case with regard to this inspector general.” In letters to lawmakers in August and September, Atkinson said he believed the complaint was “urgent” and “credible.” But the acting Director of National Intelligence at the time, Joseph Maguire, said he did not believe it met the definition of “urgent,” and tried to withhold the complaint from Congress.
Democrats reacted swiftly to Atkinson's removal. The top Democrat on the Senate intelligence panel, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, said it was “unconscionable” that Trump would fire Atkinson in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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I would love to know why people vote for him
TRUMP2020!!!
So we're in the middle of a pandemic people are dying and all our President can think about is himself. WOW!! Impeachment is over he got away with it. He needs to stop firing people. This is why we have a pandemic. He fired the whole pandemic team!! Uggg!!!
As long as Trump is president, America will continue to write her own eulogy. realDonaldTrump
Get the bad actors OUT!
Good.
The guy changed the rules to allow hearsay introduced as evidence, he needs to go . Tell the WHOLE story please ..not your version...
He can fire as many he wants. They all are will find better jobs. Anyhow his aweful time is near to end.
The less watchdogs, the more corruption!
Disgusting and un-American.
Great news. Clear the swamp. 👍
REVENGE because he was cut on his vill behavior!
He could fire everybody it doesn’t make him innocent him and his family are crooked crooked it is a bent nail with rust on it
wakeupAmerica realDonaldTrump is danger to all. realDonaldTrump is criminal, coward & narcissist. People who are wrong/afraid fire those who do job aka threaten person doing firing. MichaelAtkinson whistleblower realamericans appreciate & thank you for OUTSTANDING job.
You are despicable, Trump!
You mean the faux impeachment? Yeah no one cares. It was 100% politically motivated.
realDonaldTrump you like any attention you can get even if it is negative. THIS NOT A REALITY GAME SHOW!!!! You are DESPICABLE .
America Today 2020 Anyone caught doing good things for the country will have to 'pay the price' Anyone misleading and damaging the country will receive Medals Presidential pardons are for criminals, crooks and murderers TheNewOrder
Well of course he did! Shocker!!!!
Yes!
Lol tweets, firings, and lying Trump is good at something
About time, why don't you find out why Schiff never released his transcripts? That would be real news!
Sour grapes
还不是你们自己选出来的😎
Boo
Our president is a 3rd World dictator with a 3rd grade education.
Great Job President Trump . you are doing an awesome Job we are praying for all of you God Bless America .
This is corruption.
Sheesh. They're going to have to publish a completely separate history volume just to explain who all the people were he hired and fired. This freakin' reality show is headed for cancellation in Nov.
Good.
He wants to be a dictator so he’s acting like a dictator.
His time will come. No doubt.
Drain the swamp
The impeachment was a sham and the complaint was not found to be true. Trump can fire who he wants.
Get rid of all them corrupt MF. Keep up the good work.
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What took so long? Guy participated in a coup attempt and had a job months later. See ya the fuck later.
Trump fired this guy because he did his job. Let that sink in, folks...
Anything to ensure he can discredit him and protect himself and his dirty yes men.
And we just move on like nothing as this admin keeps criming in broad daylight and killing us. Incredible.
Someone can dismiss the president ?
What did the doctor say?
Why wouldn’t he fire him? It was a ShamImpeachment to begin with, and he has no confidence in him, bye...
If not enough red states to vote Democrat then we’re doomed! There’s this thing called electoral college. Popular vote doesn’t mean a thing.
Good
Good
The REST of the story? Michael Atkinson, DNI IG was the guy who changed whistleblower rules to allow hearsay allegations, resulting in impeachment. Before being IG, Atkinson was at DOJ in charge of FISA corrupt targeting 29 US persons without evidence. He’s crooked.
Things guilty people do.
Of course he did
How low does he have to take the country before he is stopped?
This is the vindictiveness that binds him to his followers. The common personality trait they all have to some degree. It is this that they admire. So it wasn’t deplorable it was vindictive.
Vindictive as ever Even in the midst of a national pandemic emergency
Good riddance...
He might say things that are completely false, but his moves are completely correct! We need the same type of hero in Europe.
Retaliation Clause...he did his job and reported a heinous crime...trump was impeached! Now, trump has an axe to grind...November here comes AMERICA🇺🇸
Now 15 out of 73 IG offices with acting or no leader.
About time
Ego and narcissism over duty to country. trump is a disease that America needs to heal from. VoteBlue
OL' SLIMEBALL had to wait until we had a pandemic. To Trump, this is more important than saving lives.
KILLARYY IS RIGHT .. Trump2020NowMoreThanEver HISPANICS4TRUMP
Can someone please arrest him for impersonating a president?
Trump2020NowMoreThanEver
Are we surprised?
Makes sense.
Saw that coming... Can’t have any dissenters in his 4th Reich.
Should be many more to follow!
Kinda reminds me of a game show.
He’s going full throttle now destroying our country
Even as this country is dealing with this pandemic and people are dying he still finds time to continue his vendetta against those with ethics. Could there be anything more telling about this horrible man
The impeachment failed, so yes he should be fired...
As an American I Hereby fire Donald Trump do to not upholding his oath of office
He gets to do that - He is the President. Mr. Atkinson should have reviewed those FISA warrants a bit better - they have all been found to be illegal and are in the process of being revoked -- And you don't think Atkinson should be fired of this? (he was legal review) fakenews
This incompetent man is dangerous to American democracy. I’m afraid people will revolt soon if he isn’t contained.
The world has suffered this thing called Trump long enough, please America, Fire him once and for all
Good! The impeachment was a freaking sham!
Please vote him out.
More unfair retaliation he was doing his job should not be fired should be promoted!
Wasn't he the attorney for the crooked FISA'S.
Doesn't look good firing whistleblowers! KimJongTrump
I keep asking myself, where is the tipping point for the GOP? Blatant corruption? Clear incompetence? Continuous lies? Nepotism? I guess it will come down to the number of body bags they can stomach. Or not.
Good, his partisanship caused so much turmoil it is taking this lockdown to get over it, it seems
This is his focus in a pandemic. Chief crazy horse.
Good
The feckless thug is at it again..pay attention people.
It’s open season on IGs. God help us all.
Of course he has, in the middle of a pandemic while criticizing Govenors, hoping no one would notice.
Can’t wait till we fire him NOMOREYEARS
RT. Two WHISTLEBLOWERS within as many days - Captain Crozier of USS Roosevelt, and IG of Intel community who exposed Trump's attempt to have Ukraine (then Italy, UK, and China) interfere in 2020 election!
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Good!!! I am so glad. America First!
fascism
Yep sure did..i bet he has SpeakerPelosi scared now.. trump2020
About time. Way past due.
Fascist!
America is now run by a dictator!
realDonaldTrump because his firing is slight deterrent to what really deserves your attention....gotcha!!! Sorry piece of 💩
Most of the y’all don’t have a clue if this is good or bad you just HATE and assume it’s bad LMAO
Deep state RATS are going down 'In the next two weeks you will see some bad things' 'and just like that it will be over.' realDonaldTrump
All criminals would sack the cops if they had the power to, Trump is a dictator and war criminal 😱😱😱
Guessing the coward had somebody else actually do the firing.
Lmao no .... not even close to the trurh . Might as well say the world's flat
It’s about time. AttemptedCoup
Literally speaking Trump is totally out of his league, he continues to display in ignorance. Trump is all about himself and all attention on him. All about him and money. 🤮
No Class.
No one in the world has ever been more disgusting than this waste of a human body!
Petty vindictive move by Trump, who doesn't care about other people's problems, in the midst of a pandemic that his total incompetence has made so much worse for millions of people. COVID19 ImpeachTrumpAgain VoteBiden2020
Works for me. BTW, he should fire hundreds more in his Administration, starting with Fauci
Friday Night Massacres don’t play well in history. May history repeat itself!
Fake news!! He wasn’t impeached!
realDonaldTrump is just a petulant child. TrumptheWorstPresidentEVER
The first to drop of many
purplesealion Great news!
When is everyone going to discuss the fact that this and so many other actions are the exact things Orban, Erdogan, Putin and others like them have done and are doing? We are just a couple of years behind. 80-90 year old comparisons are unnecessary. See the forest for the trees.
Good! Get rid of the liberal lying swamp!
He should be impeached all over again for abuse of power and utter incompetence!
Good.
Hussain fired all of Bush staff and ambassadors. So whats your point? PRESIDENT TRUMP can do what he sees fit for our agenda. If you didn't vote for him, you should have, you wouldn't be so hateful. I'm happy as f🤬!! Y'all sound like rashy asses! 😂
People are dying because of his incompetence and all he is concerned about is getting rid of people who are doing their job with honesty and integrity but who weren’t “loyal” to him. Dear God when will this nightmare end?😡
2yr old, did he write the letter with his box of crayons?
He should have been gone. Part of that little group who wants to destroy our president.
One less swamp creature
🤣 same guy who changed their whistleblower policy to allow rumors and 2nd hand information so that they could kick off that retarded impeachment Schiff show
Wait ABC! The same Atkinson that was Senior Council to the NSC head during the FISA for Carter Page on The Russia Hoax? That one? The same one that changed the rules to allow The Fake Whistleblower testimony during Fake Impeachment? YOU ARE FAKE NEWS!!
What took him so long?
ABC do we really give a crap rite now. come on lay, your communist crap.
Nixon 101
The US is a dictatorship. All bodies controlling the government are being dismantled.
Please also fire the virus and make it disappear.
Good. Better late than never. Atkinson never explained why his office changed whistleblower rules and forms after the anti-Trump leaker ran to Schiff, or why his office dishonestly backdated the forms to make it look like they were altered pre-complaint.
bren2915 Investigate Trump now.
Which he has every right to do
A step to begin with!!😀😀
Retaliate then bury the evidence lest anyone in the future revisit the subject without Trump’s interference.
No shocker really as trump is just a petty little man. You go against him and he fires you. He treats the WH like his own reality show.
This man is a narcissistic, bully who needed love from his mother & guidance from his father & never got it. Hence, why he pushes ppl around. No freaking heart. For NO ONE
More misleading headlines, anybody else surprised? Of course they left a bunch of key information when they put this headline up, but they are counting on people not researching are digging into their article
Please fire Trump he is a national disgrace!
We are witnessing the end of the Trump Presidency. Thank God...
If course he did don’t act surprised
There was no “whistleblower” because he had no evidence of anything. Hearsay was never grounds for whistleblower protection until the rule was changed right before the fake report. That change was part of the corruption of the impeachment scam. He’s a traitor & needed to be fired
It's about time.
Makes sense!!! 🤬
I would get rid of anyone who refuses to cover up my crimes too.
Shocker
Can we fire Trunk? Asking for most of the American people
Wow. Any students of history know how grave this situation is.
NO OVERSIGHT ALLOWED so the COVID19 stimulus money is ALL HIS!! Our kids & grandkids & great grandkids will pay his & his kids' debts for years to come. Why can't Republicans see through this?
Out trump now. Throw the full weight of every intelligence secret behind him and destroy him. This is a fight for the nation's survival now.
Can we deem him unfit To save lives, on so many fronts.he is letting Americans die, in other countries for a variety of reasons. Some serving our country.
This is Unacceptable!
Of course he did! Needs to change the narrative & retaliate at the same time. He is evil!
Will not change anything. The orange ape is still impeached.There is still a crisis that he tried to hide.There are more people dying because of the mismanagement. But you would think that like in all other western nations he has other things in his mind...but no...
Can’t wait until we the USA fires you T....
It’s about time!!!
He also engineered the corrupt Russian witchhunt that cost America 30 million dollars. But ABC will lead with what it thinks uninformed dummies will eat up like the crap that is there so-called news.
realDonaldTrump takes a real coward to fire a whistle blower.
Of course Tzar Trump did. TrumpOwnsEveryDeath
Oh wow really someone told of his misgivings got fired shocking bow to the asshole realDonaldTrump
Obama sorrounded himself with loyalists...Any politician does that...So nothing wrong with DJT doing it...
watchdog my ass
Of course he did, the dictator he is, thinking he's above the law and can get away with it all. How are people still supporting this disgusting criminal?
About time.
Expected he'd take the high road?
During a pandemic How fucking cruel and heartless can a person be?!?!?
Very good bad guy...trump baba
Trump will be indicted and imprisoned by a jury of his (human) superiors.
I wonder if the whistleblower died from COVID19 bc all mention of him has disappeared real quick
This is very upsetting.
Of course
Such a very small man.
Finally!!
Well we know it was fake so...
Of course he did
Fake whistleblower. He got the conversation completely wrong. CIA bad actor. Where is Eric CIAramella? With Hunter?
It’s good to see Trump has got his priorities right by getting even, it’s not like there’s anything else important going on at the moment in the world 😷
Keep quiet!!!! 🤫
Another attack on American norms, late on. Friday night. It’s getting to be a regular thing. But we cannot ever stop being outraged. Trump
Give it a couple days and we will find out the real reason Trump fired him.
FAILED PRESIDENT.
This man is the king of all trolls. He is 10 moves ahead of the deep state.
GREAT MOVE!
Good. Drain the swamp.
You mean he fired another swamp rat. Good riddance.
Another deep snake leaked OUT of the White House!
I’m setting up my RE site with Twitter TheGossipBox
CROOKS
Well yeah...when you lie you get fired.
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Trump, Barr and the Republicans are going to do all sorts of bad while we are fully focused on the pandemic. They are evil and Hell is building a special Trump wing to house Trump and all his enablers
SeldenGADawgs Good start..... Even better is that a source tells me that Adam Schiff is under investigation by DOJ
As if there was any wonder a reporter asked him about assurances the election would occur this November.
Let’s impeach him again.
Wish we could fire you for your terrible on job performance
is that not illegal? retaliation for whistleblowing?
Our potus could care less that people are dying. COVID19 CoronavirusPandemic
Of course he did.
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