Trump fires intelligence community inspector general who defied him on Ukraine

YAHOO.COM ^ | 3/3/2020 | Natasha Bertrand and Andrew Desiderio

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President Donald Trump has fired the intelligence community’s chief watchdog, Michael Atkinson, who was the first to sound the alarm to Congress last September about an “urgent” complaint he’d received from an intelligence official involving Trump’s communications with Ukraine’s president.

Trump formally notified the Senate and House intelligence committees of his intention to fire Atkinson and remove him from his duties, to take effect 30 days from Friday, according to two congressional officials and a copy of the letter obtained by POLITICO dated April 3.

“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,” Trump wrote.

Trump said in the letter that he “no longer” has the fullest confidence in Atkinson. “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 that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as Inspectors General,” he wrote. “That is no longer the case with regard to this Inspector General.”

Trump added that he would be submitting a new nominee for the position to the Senate “at a later date.”

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“We need a good night of the long knives, figuratively of course.”

Nope. I insist on real knives.

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NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER FIRE ANY EMPLOYEE & LET THEM STAY ON FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.

Years ago-—Peterson Publishing (Car Craft) let go of an employee. They gave that employee 30 days notice.

That employee ERASED the entire subscription records of the company. and BRAGGED about it.

NEVER LET ANY PERSON WITH SUCH A HIGH UP POSITION STAY FOR EVEN 30 SECONDS.