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Trump quietly fires three agency heads amid presidential vote count
nyPOST ^ | 11/7/2020 | eileen connelly

Posted on 11/07/2020 4:06:12 PM PST by bitt

The Trump administration fired the heads of three federal agencies after the election, prompting one to claim he was retaliated against for disagreeing with some policy.

The heads of the agencies that oversee the nuclear weapons stockpile, electricity and natural gas regulation and overseas aid were sent packing, NPR reported.

The sudden departures included Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, who was forced to resign Friday. She was the first woman to oversee the agency in charge of the nuclear stockpile. Last year, she was on the president’s short list as a possible replacement for former National Security Adviser John Bolton.

Bonnie Glick, was replaced by the acting administrator John Barsa, and Neil Chatterjee, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and a former aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, were also sacked.

Chatterjee, who will stay as an agency commissioner, said in an interview with the Washington Examiner that “perhaps” the Trump administration was retaliating against him. President Trump is a skeptic of climate change and has looked to the FERC to help implement a pro-fossil fuel agenda.

“I have obviously been out there promoting a conservative, market-based approach to carbon mitigation and sending signals the commission is open to considering a carbon price, and perhaps that led to this,” Chatterjee said. “Quite frankly, if, in fact, this was retribution for my independence, I am quite proud of that.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
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To: RushCrush

Everything, get it all out there from UFOs on down.


41 posted on 11/07/2020 5:40:28 PM PST by Finatic (Sometimes I think it would be nice to just get it on and get it over with. Once and for all.)
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To: bitt

They will just get rehired in a few months if the communists get in office.


42 posted on 11/07/2020 5:51:03 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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To: LibertyWoman

Suites me very well! :)


43 posted on 11/07/2020 6:08:56 PM PST by caww
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To: FES0844

yep


44 posted on 11/07/2020 6:16:00 PM PST by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: thinden

Declassify? He needs to have everything brought to his desk and he needs to do a mass release of everything related to the swamp.


45 posted on 11/07/2020 6:24:02 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: RushCrush

On October 6th Trump ordered the immediate declassification of all Russian collusion documents.

Still waiting.


46 posted on 11/07/2020 9:57:18 PM PST by thegagline
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To: bitt

Hooray!


47 posted on 11/07/2020 9:59:51 PM PST by .30Carbine
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To: Notthereyet

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDm0nU-w33g


48 posted on 11/07/2020 10:15:18 PM PST by griffin
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To: thegagline

I’m feeling very disappointed


49 posted on 11/08/2020 8:53:54 AM PST by RushCrush (Prayers up for Rush Hudson Limbaugh)
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To: thinden
Time to declassify declassify declassify.

He did, he did, he did, already. Wray didn't, he didn't, he didn't. Barr didn't, he didn't he didn't.

50 posted on 11/08/2020 8:11:41 PM PST by itsahoot (The ability to read auto correct is necessary to read my posts understanding them is another matter.)
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To: bitt

Announcing on twitter to his 82mm followers is now “quietly”.

Now I’ve actually seen it all.


51 posted on 11/10/2020 2:20:47 AM PST by angmo (#joeknew)
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To: angmo

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1325859406349799424?s=20


52 posted on 11/10/2020 2:22:24 AM PST by angmo (#joeknew)
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