Right here’s the newest blow to the lawless Democrat-Socialist social gathering and their drained media machine.
President Trump fired 17 controversial Inspectors General in a Friday night time purge to punctuate the tip of his first week in workplace.
Actual Clear Politics reporter Susan Crabtree defined that many of those IGs, who’re able to establish and clear up waste and abuse, have lengthy histories of whitewashing studies and taking part in politics.
Trump did preserve present Division of Homeland Safety Inspector Basic Joseph V. Cuffari Jr., who’s conducting a number of investigations into the Secret Service failures that led to 2 assassination makes an attempt on President Trump’s life.
‼️‼️TRUMP FIRES 17 INSPECTORS GENERALS in a late-night purge punctuating the tip of his first 5 days in workplace. @RealDonaldTrump dismissed 17 federal company watchdogs. I’ve coated these IGs for years — and belief me once I say, though they’re charged with ferreting out… pic.twitter.com/ILwBW2NRxY
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) January 25, 2025
In response to President Trump’s transfer, a gaggle representing federal inspectors common launched a letter addressed to the White Home rejecting as illegal President Trump’s mass firing of over a dozen IGs Friday night time.
The letter was signed by one of many IGs fired by Trump, Mike Ware, who lectured the White Home to seek the advice of with authorized counsel.
The letter cited a regulation of doubtful constitutionality handed by a Democrat-led Congress in 2022 mandating IGs can solely be fired when Congress is given thirty days’ notification of the explanations. Inspectors common are appointed by presidents, topic to Senate affirmation, and are government department staff.
Nonetheless, there seems to be a precedent for firing Inspector Generals, and it goes again to Barack Obama.
Barack Obama fired an Inspector Basic with none pushback from the legacy media.
In 2009, Barack Obama fired Inspector Basic Gerald Walpin after the IG recognized hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in AmeriCorps funds that had been wasted or misspent.
The person in command of AmeriCorps was a prime Obama supporter and buddy, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.
Mayor Kevin Johnson, an Obama supporter, used AmeriCorps grants to pay volunteers to have interaction at school board political actions, run private errands for Johnson, and even wash his automotive.
Barack Obama was defending his shut and corrupt California buddy.
The AP reported on the time.
President Barack Obama says he has misplaced confidence within the inspector common who investigates AmeriCorps and different nationwide service packages and has advised Congress he’s eradicating him from the place.
Obama’s transfer follows an investigation by IG Gerald Walpin of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who’s an Obama supporter and former NBA basketball star, into the misuse of federal grants by a nonprofit schooling group that Johnson headed…
The president didn’t provide any extra rationalization, however White Home Counsel Gregory Craig, in a letter to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, cited the U.S. lawyer’s criticism of Walpin to an integrity committee for inspectors common…
…Grassley mentioned Walpin had recognized hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in AmeriCorps funds that had been wasted or misspent and “it seems he has been doing a great job.”
The IG discovered that Johnson, a former all-star level guard for the Phoenix Suns, had used AmeriCorps grants to pay volunteers to have interaction in school-board political actions, run private errands for Johnson and even wash his automotive.
Glenn Reynolds noted at the time: “Underneath a Republican President, this might be an enormous scandal.”
Again in 2009, Michelle Malkin found the scandal even linked to First Woman Michelle Obama.
Extra right here from Mara…
@CitizenFreePres Marc Elias is responsible of illegally firing IG Gerald Walpin in 2009, as White Home Legal professional for Obama. Walpin was investigating corruption on Obama related buddy, Mayor of Sacramento Kevin Johnson. Learn extra right here: https://t.co/Bt7iBxD87j pic.twitter.com/iI5zGFvo8y
— Mara ZN (@ZnMara79694) January 26, 2025
