The move is at odds with a 2022 law that requires a 30-day notice before these presidential appointees are removed.
On Friday night, President Donald Trump removed the inspectors general from 17 federal departments and agencies. Inspectors general are supposed to provide oversight in an independent capacity to prevent fraud, abuse, waste, and illegal activity.
The IGs fired on Friday were from departments including State, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Labor, and Defense, as well as the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Energy Corporation, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Some detractors of the move say it violates a 2022 law that requires 30 days’ notice to Congress prior to firing inspectors general. Supporters of the clearing out of the IGs say the law in question is an unconstitutional limitation on the president’s authority to remove presidential appointees.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For wisdom for President Trump as he makes personnel changes in the Executive Branch.
- For members of Congress as they seek to ensure checks and balances in the federal government.
- For judges in the federal judiciary as they hear and rule on challenges to the president’s orders.
Sources: The Washington Post, NY Times,
