Demand Answers on Trump’s Firing of Inspectors General
There are emerging glimmers that even some top Republican officials are growing weary of some of their president’s assaults on democracy. Last Thursday, Senator Chuck...
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Flouting Norms, Trump Seeks to Bring Independent Watchdogs to Heel
WASHINGTON — Congress had a clear idea of the role it expected inspectors general to play when it created them in 1978 after the Watergate...
Trump Removes State Dept. Inspector General
WASHINGTON — President Trump continued his purge of inspectors general late Friday, moving to oust Steve A. Linick, who had served in that post at...
Trump’s Attack on the Inspector General’s Office Is an Attack on Accountability
President Trump can’t handle the truth — at least, not when it makes his administration look bad. With his move Friday night to replace the...
The Cloud Forming Over America’s Spies
The appointment in February of Richard Grenell, a political operative and Donald Trump loyalist, as acting director of national intelligence after the renomination of former...
Trump: Why Waste a Crisis?
When things aren’t going smoothly for President Trump, his go-to move is to change the subject to topics that cheer his supporters and drive his...
Endorsing Trump’s Firing of Inspector General, Barr Paints Distorted Picture
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr endorsed and defended President Trump’s firing of Michael K. Atkinson, the intelligence community inspector general, in an interview...
Inspector General Fired by Trump Urges Whistle-Blowers ‘to Bravely Speak Up’
WASHINGTON — The intelligence community inspector general whom President Trump fired late Friday night has called on whistle-blowers to overcome any fears and come forward...
Trump Is Gutting Our Democracy While We’re Dealing with Coronavirus
When President Trump announced late Friday that he would fire the government watchdog who told Congress about the Ukraine whistle-blower complaint, which ultimately led to...
Trump to Fire Intelligence Watchdog Who Had Key Role in Ukraine Complaint
WASHINGTON — President Trump is firing the intelligence community inspector general whose insistence on telling lawmakers about a whistle-blower complaint about his dealings with Ukraine...