Washington D.C. – In a brazen move to eliminate checks and balances and in an apparent violation of the law, late Friday night President Trump fired the independent inspectors general of at least 14 major federal agencies, likely to be replaced with Trump cronies and loyalists. Government watchdog Accountable.US Executive Director Tony Carrk released the following in response: 

“In his first week in office, President Trump has shown his first priority is to gut our checks and balances to put himself first, not the American people. This is a blatant power grab that will give powerful special interests and mega donors more control with little oversight, and ensure that corruption by government officials goes undetected. Considering the ethical issues of Trump’s agency appointees, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Trump administration holds contempt for independent inspectors general who play a critical role in exposing waste, fraud, corruption and potential public harm.”

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