(Radio Iowa) – President Trump concluded his first week in office by firing 17 inspectors general from a long list of federal agencies last Friday night, which drew the attention of Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley.
It’s within the president’s power to take such action, but Grassley says Congress was supposed to have been given 30 days notice. Grassley says he wants to know why each of those inspectors was fired and why the notice wasn’t given, as required by law, and says he’s working on a bipartisan letter to the president to get an explanation.
Inspectors general are considered the government’s watchdogs, those who are to guard against waste, fraud and abuse.
