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Created On: 04/13/2020 12:53 PM
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Of government watchdogs... "strike when the virus is hot..."

'Rejecting all oversight': is Trump purging government watchdogs?

Donald Trump's abrupt ousting of two veteran watchdogs has prompted fears the scandal-prone US president is purging people from government who have oversight of fraud, waste and abuse.

The moves also come at a time when a global pandemic and resulting mass unemployment crisis has prompted a multitrillion-dollar economic rescue effort, much of which is aimed at helping some of America's largest companies.

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Trump's sudden oustings of the two well-respected watchdogs, Michael Atkinson, the IG for the intelligence community, and Glenn Fine, the acting IG for the Pentagon, sparked special concerns given their timing and apparent political motivations.

Trump's ousting of Fine, who was recently picked by his fellow IGs to run a critical oversight panel for the $2.2tn law, is seen as a broad slap at any oversight on the president and his administration since it rendered Fine ineligible to lead the watchdog panel.

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"The mandate for IGs is to serve as the public eyes and ears regarding the functioning of the executive branch," said Michael Bromwich, a prominent ex-IG at the justice department. "That means they must be independent, and they are required to be so by law. Trump doesn't understand any legal mandate that conflicts with personal loyalty. He believes everybody in the executive branch should be loyal to him personally."

For instance, Atkinson's firing reveals Trump's penchant to "retaliate against people he perceives to be his enemies whose duties require them to do things that are contrary to Trump's political interests", Bromwich said.



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