Senior lawmakers are eager to prevent a 'campaign of retaliation' by the president against the nation's top federal agency watchdogs after his removal of Michael Atkinson last week
Twenty House committee chairs are asking the nation's top federal agency watchdogs for advice on how to protect them from potential retaliation by President Donald Trump for uncovering mismanagement or wrongdoing inside his administration.
Democrats have been acutely concerned about Trump's handling of inspectors general, and their alarm grew last week when Trump abruptly removed the intelligence community's top watchdog, Michael Atkinson. Trump later acknowledged he ousted Atkinson over his decision to inform Congress about the existence of a whistleblower report alleging wrongdoing by the president toward Ukraine that led to Trump’s impeachment.
"The President’s actions not only flout the law, but they signal to other Inspectors General that they could be punished for doing their jobs," the lawmakers write.
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