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Local politics, the county, and the world, as viewed by Tammy Maygra Tammy’s views are her own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Bill Eagle, his pastor, Tammy’s neighbors, Wayne Mayo, Betsy Johnson, Brad Witt, President Trump, Henry Heimuller, VP Pence, Pat Robertson, Debi Corsiglia’s dog, or Claudia Eagle’s Cats. This Tammy’s Take (with the exception of this disclaimer) is not paid for or written by, or even reviewed by anyone but Tammy and she refuses to be bullied by anyone.
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Only Foxes Are Allowed To Guard The Hen House
Trump has fired Mr. Linicks the Inspector General earlier this week. Trump has removed several watchdog groups since he has become president. His recent action has caused a whirlwind of protest and criticism from the democrats. The Democrats have started investigating the firing. Under federal law, a president must give 30 days notice to Congress about firing an inspector general. Trump's letter said that he lost confidence in Linick's ability as a federal watchdog, but didn't provide an exact explanation for his removal. A couple top Republicans have decided to support Trumps decision, and reinforced their support by saying that the firing was no great loss. These republicans wouldn't discuss the private conversation with the government officials. They predicted that the reasoning will eventually come out and Congress can choose to conduct oversight and hold hearings, but they could care less. Trump has fired several inspector generals over the last six weeks, alarming the democrats but only a few republicans. In early April, Trump fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community who flagged a whistleblower complaint for Congress, sparking the House's impeachment inquiry into the president allegedly pressuring Ukraine's leader to conduct political investigations. Trump also suddenly replaced Pentagon inspector general Glenn Fine, who was chosen by other inspectors general to oversee the $2 trillion rescue package as head of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. He was replaced by Brian Miller, a senior associate counsel in the Office of White House Counsel who recently testified before the Senate during his confirmation hearing. Following Trump's decision on Linick, Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, top Democrats on respective foreign affairs committees, announced Saturday that they would open up an investigation into the inspector general's removal. Reports have emerged that Linick's removal was recommended by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Linick was reportedly looking into Pompeo over allegations that he misused a political appointee to perform personal tasks. Information has come out that the Office of the Inspector General had opened an investigation into Secretary Pompeo," "Mr. Linick's firing amid such a probe strongly suggests that this is an unlawful act of retaliation." Just like the Trump administration, to fire anyone who finds unlawful actions by the White House. Trump and his cronies want to be free of any over sight so they can continue with their shady dealings. Their efforts to make millions from their time in office is their main goal. Trump firing these people is his way of undermining their ability to hold him accountable for his actions. Inspector General Linick was punished for honorably performing his duty to protect the Constitution and our national security, as required by the law and by his oath." Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, called Linick's dismissal an "outrageous act of a president trying to protect one of his most loyal supporters, the secretary of State, from accountability. A Democratic congressional aide said Linick had launched an investigation into Pompeo’s alleged misuse of a political appointee to perform personal tasks for him and Mrs. Pompeo. Linick played a minor role in the House of Representatives' impeachment proceedings against Trump, ferrying a trove of documents to lawmakers that had been provided to the State Department by Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer. Linick is well-respected at the State Department, and his office stays busy, regularly churning out a range of inspections, audits and other types of reports. His departure is likely to further deepen morale problems that have festered at State since the start of the Trump administration, when many career diplomats found themselves shunted aside and cast as a “deep state” bent on undermining Trump. Trump is simply hell bent on getting rid of anyone who does not pledge complete loyalty to him no matter what.
Tammy
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