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Cardell Richardson Sr. – Inspector General of the State Department; Christi Grimm – Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Missal, VA IG [10] Paul K. Martin, USAID IG (fired February 11, 2025) [11] The Department of Justice Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, former CIGIE chair, [12] was reportedly ...
An inspector general is an independent position that conducts audits and investigations into allegations of waste, fraud and abuse of power. ... Trump fired five inspectors general in less than ...
During his first term, Trump fired five inspectors general in less than two months in 2020. This included the State Department, whose inspector general had played a role in the president's ...
Trump's firing of inspectors was contentious. A president can fire inspectors general, but Congress requires 30 days' notice and an explanation for removing an inspector general.
Michael K. Atkinson, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, was dismissed April 7, 2020. On Friday night, April 7, at 10 p.m., Trump sent a letter to Congress saying he intended to dismiss Michael K. Atkinson, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, giving as a reason only that he had "lost confidence" in the IG.
Donald Trump’s administration late Friday fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies that are tasked with rooting out fraud, waste and abuse in the government ...
In a late-night Friday move, President Donald Trump fired at least 17 independent watchdogs -- known as inspectors general -- at multiple federal agencies, sources familiar with the move told ABC ...
MORE: Inspector general vacancies after Trump firings draw questions about agency oversight. Trump attempted to fire 17 inspectors general during his first week in office, sending a two-sentence ...