Tristan Snell
@TristanSnell
BREAKING — Inspectors General are NOT leaving, stating Trump’s attempted firings broke the law

Also: Chuck Grassley, Republican Senator from Iowa, said Trump broke law requiring 30 days notice to Congress and detailed reasons for firing IGs
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Washington, D.C. (January 25, 2025)— Today, House Committee Ranking Members sent a letter to President Donald Trump condemning his attempted late-night purge of at least 12 independent inspectors general, which appears to have violated federal law designed to protect their work from political interference and intimidation.

The Ranking Members wrote: “We write to express our grave concern about your recent attempt to unlawfully and arbitrarily remove more than a dozen independent, nonpartisan inspectors general without notice to Congress or the public and in the dead of night. Your actions violate the law, attack our democracy, and undermine the safety of the American people.”

Late on Friday night, President Trump tried to brazenly terminate more than a dozen inspectors general via an email citing “changing priorities,” without sending notice to lawmakers or the public. The sweeping purge violates the legal requirements for lawful removal, which requires the president to notify Congress 30 days prior to the removal of an inspector general and provide “substantive rationale, including detailed and case-specific reasons” for such removal. The email terminating at least a dozen government watchdogs failed to provide any legitimate rationale for their firing, as required by law.

Inspectors general play a critical role as nonpartisan federal watchdogs that serve as a check on federal government power and work to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in the government. President Trump’s illegal actions will raise the cost of government and make the United States less safe.

Inspectors General are designed to operate free from political interference and be shielded from partisan pressures, and therefore be empowered to protect taxpayers’ interests and hold federal agencies accountable to the people. If Republicans were truly committed to a government free of waste, fraud, and abuse they would hold President Trump accountable and demand that he recants his unlawful action.

democrats-appropriations.house.gov - Rebuking late night purge inspectors general house democratic ranking members

Bottom of the page in the link has a link to the letter,