On Friday, Trump fired the inspector general of the State Department, Steve Linick. In accordance with the 2008 Inspector General Reform Act, which protects inspectors general from being fired without cause, Trump informed Congress in writing about the intent to fire Linick, expressing that he no longer had the “fullest confidence” in Linick, who was appointed to that position in 2013 by Barack Obama.
Democrats naturally have come out of the woodwork to express their faux outrage, and to launch an investigation into the firing over allegations that Trump acted to protect Pompeo.
But where were these Democrats in 2009 when Barack Obama fired the inspector general of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), Gerald Walpin?
Gerald Walpin was in the middle of an investigation when he was called by White House counsel Norman Eisen, who informed him that he had an hour to resign or be fired. This was in violation of the Reform Act, which Obama co-sponsored as a U.S. senator. Walpin refused.
After Walpin’s refusal, Obama wrote a letter to Congress, giving the following explanation: “It is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as Inspectors General. That is no longer the case with regard to this Inspector General.”
But here’s what really happened.
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Once again Obama shows what a true scumbag he really was and continues to be.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats don't have time to do anything. Between the "new impeachment plan" and now "the fired without cause" and let's not forget the whistle-blower who didn't like the drug that President Trump is now taking. I don't see how they even have time to come up with "wish-list" bills for the virus.
ReplyDeleteOne should raise some serious eyebrows when the standard defense for a trumper is "but but but Obama...."
ReplyDeleteOf course !!! Democrats have been ABOVE the Law !!! TOOO Long
ReplyDeleteObama is a vindictive, sniveling little plotter of ruin, a filthy subverter of every decent thought that ever existed.....and his husband/wife still looks like a water buffalo on which someone slapped a dress as a practical joke.
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