Two Congressional sources told NBC News Atkinson was informed Friday night that Trump had fired him, and he has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately.
The statute technically requires that both intelligence committees be notified by Trump 30 days before the effective date of the IG’s removal, and placing him on administrative leave is being viewed by Congress as a way to effectively circumvent this requirement and sideline him right away. Atkinson is a Trump appointee who was confirmed by the Senate in 2018. He is a career Department of Justice prosecutor.
Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson arrives to testify at a House Intelligence Committee closed-door hearing on a whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, on Capitol Hill on Oct. 4, 2019.Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who chairs the House Intelligence Committee and who played a key role in the impeachment of Trump, called the president's move an attempt to"retaliate against those who dare to expose presidential wrongdoing.
"At a time when our country is dealing with a national emergency and needs people in the Intelligence Community to speak truth to power, the President’s dead of night decision puts our country and national security at even greater risk," Schiff said, referring to the“Moreover, this retribution against a distinguished public servant for doing his job and informing Congress of an urgent and credible whistleblower complaint is a direct affront to the entire inspector general...
Old news. Kept alive only for anti-Trump value.
Trump is making America great again, I love it!!!!
he wasn't a WB because they changed the form and the rules for WB. thus only a rat.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO COVER THE JOE BIDEN SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS FROM MRS. TARA READE? Aren’t ALL women supposed to be “believed” like in the Judge Kavanaugh allegations? Tara Reade accuses Joe Biden of sexual assault and you are ignoring it? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!?
Is it because he’s punishing those who have morals/ethics? Or, because he can’t stand to be around people that are better humans than him?! This Nation is crumbling, and it’s all due to SenateGOP senatemajldr realDonaldTrump ☠️🚫 toxic 🌊🗳✊🏻⚖️ MailinVoting paperballot
So
I thought the MainstreamMedia would have already gave up on this story, it's obviously not sticking 4 times as many likes as comments, everytime they put this article up! MAGA2020
Old news recycled
That took way too long.
I would too
Good riddance.
Of course he is.
If I tried to get my boss fired and failed - I would automatically just pack my desk up and go home. Surprised it took this long.
He was just protecting his bureaucracy. 😢
It is about time.
Try to tell us how the IG rigged the form and made it retro to fit the bs narrative
Good!!!! He is not a whistleblower
The guy is crooked like all the rest of them.
Unbelievable.
Don't care can't wait until America finds a better administration!
Next up - Fire the cleaning lady who wipes the floors of the person who first mentioned the word impeachment in D.C. Everybody must go
Eric Ciaramella*
We're discovering as private citizens that integrity and honesty aren't welcomed in a system that needs that to be credible for all of us. May this man find freedom in this and go where it is valued so he can work and be appreciated.
NBC news needs to correct this headline. President Trump did not fire him. The acting Secretary of the Navy did. This Captain is no hero. He said to the world he cared more for those sailors than his commanders and the Navy. He dishonored the Navy and acted like a scared child.
One down and more to go. Good for our great leader President Trump. You are fake news NBC. The president has every right to hire and fire as he sees fit. TRUMP 2020 Vote all democrats out of office and save America. We no longer trust your news NBC. NBC trying to destroy America.
I’d fire someone manufacturing false accusations against me too!!!
business interruption insurance not applicable? Businesses have paid for years. Forced closures = bankrupt businesses =rent not paid or forgiven = vacant retail = landlords can’t pay mortgages = foreclosed buildings = Not true LL released f/ mortgage pymts now or within 12 mnths
Good
He should be the first of MANY.
Good! He should be behind the bars
Amendment 25 get rid of him
hey Trump.....
And?
And they wonder why the whistleblower never came fwd...he's turning the POTUS office into a Kim Jong Un style post.
Correct decision all things considered
Bye!
Another reason to invoke 25th amendment. The list is long for this one.
Good riddance to the swamp rat.
Good! Get rid of him!
Good job Mr. President. Creating false narratives in an attempt to take a president down and thus using the justice department for political purposes should result in prison time. He got off lucky.
TrumpIsCorrupt message being sent is break the law or face the consequences.
There’s no news here. Of course Trump had every right to fire someone who seeks truth & does a competent job, especially if they exposed his crimes. Just like the American voters have the right to fire someone they mistakenly thought was competent enough to be President. 2020
Who keeps enemies in their midst?
Deep State Plant for the coup. Should be facing charges.
“I’m shocked by this” said no one.
When reporting this did you give FACTS? DOUBTFUL that you mentioned him changing rules for whistleblowers or that he worked hand in hand w pencilneck. Damn, wth was I thinking MSNBC isn't serious, truthful news!!
Trump found the traitor in the Whitehouse..
The Satanic cabal can’t handle that!
realDonaldTrump Trump is firing PATRIOTS to the UNITED STATES, and has been getting them out of the government since 1/20/17. Trump is a close friend of Vladimir Putin, and too ignorant to the fact that Vladimir Putin’s is not Trumps friend, but his very dangerous loan officer
Administration only wants people who use this health crisis for personal gain.
And NBC is still posting it as 'news' 3 days later...?
He's the guy that added 'hearsay' to the whistleblower form. Gtfo
POTUS is a fat old disgrace
Imagine that 😅🤣
This is a HUGE deal. Inspector general is a non partisan watchdog role. He’s going to fill it with a patsy who will let him get away with more crimes. This is truly concerning.
Your Darkness is being brought to the Light. MSMIsTheEnemyOfThePeople MSMIsTheEnemyOfThePeople MSMIsTheEnemyOfThePeople
Yet one
Vindman has second hand information that the IG was fired and is reporting it to .RepAdamSchiff
Good
Gee something else to report on. 🙄
A noble man with integrity was fired under the cloak of darkness for following his job description. So apparent. How is this happening?
Trump is still covering the tracks of his corruption right in front of Republicans and they have NOTHING to say and do not care.
Intelligence community inspector general - knows the complaint was politically motivated, yet he proceed to send it to the leftist scoundrel RepAdamSchiff ... He deserved to be fired since in last November! - Unpatriotic!
Just another impeachable offense among many Republicans are cowards
Because the President is a Lying Corrupt Racist Criminal with Blood On His Hands.
Wait until 11/4/20 - the cleaning house really begins🇺🇸
Yes
budbudabur And for anyone that wants to look beyond the headline there’s five good reasons for him to of gotten released one of them being he literally change the government forms to allow hearsay that turned out to be grossly overstated
It is not a hoax, trump still here bc the replubrican senators, so many stupid as fuck Americans this day
trump ELIMINATES EYES, during CRIMINAL SELF ENRICHING DEALS. He's SALIVATING now, preoccupied with OIL DEALS, with russia and saudi arabia and STEALING from the stimulus.
People on this thread claiming this was good, are completely uninformed & have no concern for the country. It’s pathetic. You think this is draining the swamp? He was also the one overseeing the $2T relief fund package. Jesus, the ppl supporting Trump on this is just pathetic!
I would expect no less.
Most corrupt, crooked US President in history.
Excellent
Jared Kushner is his likely replacement of course.
budbudabur Good another swamp rat cleaned out. He changed the rules on purpose and is getting what he deserved.
Why would we do this during a pandemic on a Friday night? 🤔
About time. Guy is a traitor
Wrongful dismissal
He should have fired him months ago.
USA, enjoy your dictator.
Lo del 'juicio político' si fue todo un montaje para desacreditar al presidente.
Blantantly slow responses and depleted resources to the coronavirus in major far-left cities have created out-of-control infections/deaths. New York, Chicago, Boston and Seattle.
I’m sure somewhere in grifting land SenatorCollins is furrowing her brow.
Good DrainTheSwamp
That’s sad and it is an indictment of how low trump has taken this nation. He is a truly despicable person.
About time!
Good, it's better late than never. This man should have recognized the hoax impeachment for what it was, and should have recognized the whistleblower was purely partisan and was working closely with Adam Schiff.
Very sad to see TRUMP getting rid of any one who will not wipe his ass for him. Virus killing Americans and TRUMP trying still to kill The ACA. Vote him and all GOP out in 2020 elections.
He changed whistleblower rules to allow hearsay allegations, resulting in impeachment. Before being IG, MA at DOJ in charge of FISA corrupt targeting 29 US persons without evidence. WP story omits last fact Soooooooooooooooo!!!!!
The man did his job, and Trump fires him? Trump needs to be voted out of office. We can't have criminal activities in the White House.
Trump should actually fire himself because this is 'THE WORST' presidential administration that the world has ever seen & experience.
AJDelgado13 Good.
Posted a dozen times already today. Let it GO.
We knew that was coming SMH
Cc lisamurkowski SenatorCollins MittRomney SenatorRomney
Haha ha.. He sure is on top of things ain't he?
He enjoys firing people. It's what he does best.
Petty narcissists gotta petty narcissist.
WINNING !!!
Vote trump out💙💙💙💙💙
Let me guess. Jared Kushner will replace him.
Excellent!
VoteBlueNoMatterWho
Another Rat out the door!
That’s fucked up. Where are the check and balances? Are we in a dictatorship already?🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
JAWOHL, MEIN FUHRER!!!
And all Republicans are complicit with this including the voters who put HIM in office.
Good!
Nobody really cares.
Of course
It's like the cat chasing the laser.
Ya, go to hell trump🤬👻🤡👿🥊
SenSusanCollins directly enabled this behavior. No fortitude for LawAndOrder
DUMP TRUMP HE'S A CHUMP, WHY 🇺🇸 SHOULD HAVE IMPEACHED TRUMP! TRUMP IS STILL TRYING2 COVER UP HIS TRACKS OVER THE IMPEACHMENT!CAN'T THE🇺🇸 TAXPAYERS C IT!HOW DUMB CAN THE🇺🇸PEOPLE B WITH THE TURNOVER IN THIS WHITE🏠& THIS PRESIDENT&THESE FOLLOWING BLINDLY REPUBLICANS WAKE-UP!LIARS!
It is about time. Atkinson had an agenda. It will all come out.
Excellent
Isn’t it amazing everyone that tells the truth about him gets fired his ass should have been impeached blame scaring as Republicans
This guy is responsible for the 1000's of deaths from coronavirus.
Remember this in KY. Moscow made this possible.
Because he has nothing else to worry about...
congrats ! was total scam, & this individual could not determine that, then he has to to go !
Trump is more concerned with hoping to cheat again than saving American lives.
Happy he got fired! Should be tarred and feathered as well. Idiot.
U people n d dems have strong obsession for Trump destruction even if its at d detriments of Americans damn!shame on u people! Trump will continue to win n he'll make America great no more dependence on Chinese products! MAGA2020!!
Good it’s their right to
TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE
How do you know this unless you know who the whistleblower is?
It’s about time!🇺🇸
He fired the person who refused to lie for him.
Everyone in the Democratic Party knew who the whistle blower was, wouldn’t testify publicly, finally admitted second hand information, deemed phone calls were legit. Yes the IG was/is incompetent!!
😞
Typical Trump.
Facist
Finally!
Michael Atkinson can take some time off and rest up for when he gets rehired in January.
Fascist!
Chaos in chief
It's amazing to me how he fires literally everyone who doesn't praise whatever he does .. despite laws, morals, public safety or even basic class and etiquette, and people still support him.. astonishing
Always reacting like a petulant child
NBC , who really cares about this crap at this time. People are Dying, getting sick and losing their jobs. Save the Russian Troll crap for now..
Most of us are TERRIFIED of COVID-19 realDonaldTrump Is TERRIFIED of the TRUTH The Trump Virus 🦠🦠🦠
“Under the law that created the position of the inspector general for the intelligence community, the president can only remove that person a month after notifying the intelligence communities of his intentions and rationale.” TRump did not follow the law. Shocker.
Americans not only need to fire the president but also create laws designed to prevent this kind of abuse
ByeFelicia Trump2020
Good
A new study by Morgan Stanley estimates the deficit will total at least $3.7 trillion in calender year 2020 and an additional $3 trillion in calendar year 2021. That suggests nearly $6 trillion in extra deficit spending in the next two years,
It's about time !! Love this.
Shameful but not surprising. Nothing he has ever done is surprising. We should know by now just what he is. Vote Blue!
It’s all about trump
Go figure - the 'Whistle Blower' was colluding with Adam Schiff and the IG failed to do his job and INSPECT before allowing Schiff to create yet another pointless effort to impeach and harm POTUS, even as the Pandemic approached.
Release his hidden Congressional testimony.
And he should’ve did it along time ago… bullshit… Trying to undo an election…pathetic
Good . Looks lazy
It was just a matter of time! Trump uses revenge as a weapon!
Good by
He’s so embarrassing- I hate being an American
Trump has got to go. He’s a traitor to American democracy.
It has become a badge of honor to be fired by Trump
Good. Well deserved firing
I Mark Alexander Miley, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic...What are you waiting for General Miley?
Good
Next up to exit SenSusanCollins
DJT’s removal of so many competent people from U.S. Intelligence is one reason why the U.S. didn’t start reacting to COVID19 back on November 17, 2019.
Good, he was a political hack, who's actions led to the impeachment hoax which backfired and exonerated Trump.
Time for American voters to fire Trump in November.
Mob bosses dealing with snitches.
This is so wrong and those in the senate who believe Trump learned a lesson are culpable
Excellent, it's time to employ people focused on their jobs & not someone who who can't distinguish 4th, 5th or even 6th hand information. It's obvious he wasn't qualified.
Long overdue.
🤮🤮🤮
Good. That dim whit allowed a “whistleblower” with zero first hand knowledge of the event in question to start a process that ultimately and baselessly caused our government to be distracted at the beginning of the biggest health and economic crisis in our country’s history. Fool
The next Democrat gets to be as unethical and break the law as much as they want. Dems are respectable and likely won’t do any of that but if they do... Republicans better not bitch.
POTUS fired him for lying to Congress and for his oversight of failed FISA cases which 93% had major errors & illegal surveillance on Americans
What democraps and their media aren't telling you is this guys office rewrote the whistleblower guidelines the covered it up by predating it to BEFORE the 'whistleblower' came forward. This is why they are called FAKE NEWS!
GOP, ya’ll are responsible for this hell we are living through. You KNOW tRUmp is a criminal yet you let him walk free, acquitting him in the Senate. Now he’s unchained like a rabid hyena, firing patriots & wreaking havoc, including purposely watching Americans die from COVID19
And the Purge continues. CorruptTrump
Because Trump is guiltily of extortion and now retaliation is his focus all as over a 1,000 Americans died yesterday from Coronavirus
On a Friday night during the middle of a pandemic. He thought we would not notice?
Patriotism, love of country, integrity and dedication are frowned upon in Trumps world. Trumps best people are the most corrupt grifters in America. Surrounding himself with people like himself and dedicated solely to him.
More evidence of an enemy takeover, ridding the govt of loyal professionals doing their jobs. putinsbitch
Mayby Trump's just allergic to IQ higher than his... i'll you juge his own
Took long enough,
Why? Wasn't he doing as his duty demanded? Trump is vengeful. He should sue for wrongful dismissal.
so?
Yay! You go President Trump
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Of course he is🤦🏿♂️ The fact people think these dictator tatics are ok is totally nuts in 'America'🙄
Good. Also, it wasn’t a “whistleblower”.
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