Grassley is being an absolute turd. Atkinson was fired on April 3rd. Per Appendix 5a of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of the Inspector General Act of 1978, “An Inspector General may be removed from office by the President. ...”
“... If an Inspector General is removed from office... the President shall communicate in writing the reason for any such removal... not later than 30 days before the removal.”
Here is the text: law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5a…
IE, Trump would have to give Congress 30 days notice before firing Atkinson.
IE, Trump would have to give Congress 30 days notice before firing Atkinson.
OH WAIT.
He did.
‘“This is to advise that I am exercising my power as president to remove from office the inspector general of the intelligence community, effective 30 days from today,” the president wrote.‘
politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
He did.
‘“This is to advise that I am exercising my power as president to remove from office the inspector general of the intelligence community, effective 30 days from today,” the president wrote.‘
politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
"As is the case with regard to other positions where I, as President, have the power of appointment, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, it is vital I have the fullest confidence in the appointee serving as Inspector General. That is no longer the case..."
Trump had to give 30 days notice before firing Atkinson.
He did.
Atkinson fucked up and went around the head of the intelligence committee to go straight to the House, kicking off a shitshow that distracted our nation.
One more quote for you.
He did.
Atkinson fucked up and went around the head of the intelligence committee to go straight to the House, kicking off a shitshow that distracted our nation.
One more quote for you.
"Each Inspector General shall report to and be under the general supervision of the head of the establishment involved"
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5a…
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5a…
I defended Atkinson in the past.
I fucked up by doing so.
I believed that there was a reasonable explanation for his actions. It is now apparent there wasn't.
I fucked up by doing so.
I believed that there was a reasonable explanation for his actions. It is now apparent there wasn't.
He took the word of a lying fat turdball of a desk jockey officer, along with that of intelligence officials hostile to Trump, then ignored the instructions of his freshly appointed superior and forwarded the complaint to Congress.
He fucked up.
He fucked up.
And now @ChuckGrassley is going beyond his purview to demand that Trump explain the rational for a firing that he already explained 30 days before Atkinson was fired.
Atkinson knew 30 days before he was fired.
Let me repeat that.
HE HAD A 30 DAYS HEADS UP.
Atkinson knew 30 days before he was fired.
Let me repeat that.
HE HAD A 30 DAYS HEADS UP.
The current IG being fired, Linick?
cnn.com/2020/05/15/pol…
It's the SAME FUCKING THIS.
Trump notified Congress with a 30 DAYS HEADS UP.
Not a 'midnight firing'.
Fucking 30 days before the dude's even fired.
With a written rational at the time of the firing.
cnn.com/2020/05/15/pol…
It's the SAME FUCKING THIS.
Trump notified Congress with a 30 DAYS HEADS UP.
Not a 'midnight firing'.
Fucking 30 days before the dude's even fired.
With a written rational at the time of the firing.
Given he was investigating *checks notes* whether staffers were walking Pompeo's jobs while he was traveling around the fucking globe and Pompeo following through on an arms deal from fucking 3 years ago that Congress has ZERO say over, yeah, I'd lack confidence in him too.
So fuck you Grassley, fuck you Senate, fuck you GOP, get your fucking respective houses in order and get the absolute fuck out of your own way.
Would you rather go back to the Obama era of bureaucratically castrating IGs so they couldn't do their job in the first fucking place?
Would you rather go back to the Obama era of bureaucratically castrating IGs so they couldn't do their job in the first fucking place?
Fucking dumbasses. And the worst part is, they're wording this as if we can't fucking go and look up for ourselves that what they're asking for is utterly fucking retarded.
They want justifications after the fact for firings in which the justifications were given in advance.
They want justifications after the fact for firings in which the justifications were given in advance.
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