The inspector general firings.
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Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
On Friday night, President Donald Trump reportedly fired at least 17 inspectors general (IGs) at several federal agencies. In response, several lawmakers expressed concern that the White House had violated federal rules requiring the president to provide Congress with at least 30 days' notice of intent before firing any inspector general, a Senate-confirmed position. The dismissed inspectors general had been overseeing the departments of Defense, State, Transportation, Labor, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Energy, Commerce, Treasury and Agriculture, as well as three federal agencies: the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, and the Social Security Administration.
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| 2:05.8 | I'm your host for today, John Lange, and today we are going to be discussing President Trump's firing of at least 17 inspectors general on Friday night. |
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