Posted on 04/03/2020 7:48:54 PM PDT by bitt
President Donald Trump has fired the intelligence communitys chief watchdog, Michael Atkinson, who was the first to sound the alarm to Congress last September about an urgent complaint hed received from an intelligence official involving Trumps communications with Ukraines 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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#57. Sen. Mark “The Weak” Warner (D-Va) is to Intelligence as Charles Manson was to “Gourmet Dining”.
Under the law that created the position of the inspector general for the intelligence community, the president can only remove that person a month after notifying the intelligence communities of his intentions and rationale.
“keep trying to convince us that the intelligence agencies, DOJ, State Department etc are supposed to be ‘independent’?”
THIS... and that the intelligence agencies and DOJ stand in judgement of the President and have right to dictate or issue final approval over his policies.
He got 30 days Administrative Leave. His stuff is in boxes, he isn’t coming to work on Monday!
Horowitz was another “weak sister”. The Swamp was deeper and wider than we thought.
Don’t drain it. Nuke it, from space, just to be sure!
And Schiff for brains, is probably drawing up an article of impeachment. What a slime bag.
Or put strychnine in the guacamole.
This guy looks like a real sweetheart. He’s got that, “I want to kill you all” look going on.
Ha! So instead of Atkinson removing President Trump, President Trump removes Atkinson! Ha! What a doofus!
In another time a seditious schemer like Atkinson would have been prosecuted.
Yahoo “journalists lie and lie.
Corrected headline: Trump fires intelligence community inspector general who lied about him on Ukraine
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. aND HIS REPLACEMENT NEEDS TO TAKE UP THE JOB OF CLEANING OUT THOSE WHO WEAPONIZE OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AGAINST THE PEOPLE.
Oh, good. I saw a photo of him with Security personnel nearby but didn’t know if the photo is current or older. Glad he’s gone.
Not to anyone more corrupt, but a lot more equally corrupt. Corrupt is binary, one either is or is not. Its like being a little bit pregnant. There aint no such thing.
Once we know they are corruptwilling to sell out the American peoplethe degree is only a matter of how deep they are swimming in the swamp. Once theyve stuck their toe in, theyve shown their willingness to jump in until theyre bottom feeders.
The swamp denizens know this and know they have them for the rest of their lives and will exploit that dirty toe to drag them further in.
PERHAPS, we can pull them back with a lot of effort to counter the sucking effect of the swamp on that toe. . .
See my comment above.
Its too easy to dip ones toe into that damn sucking swamp when one works in the wet waters of power. Its too damn attractive to exercise ones power corruptly. Well, were not supposed to reveal this information, but Ill make an exception for you... just this once. Once one does, theyve got ya! Oh, do you happen to recall that time you did a favor for good ol Soandso? Well, if you dont do the same for me, I will tell your boss about what Soandso did for you! . . . and now theyre ankle deep. Pretty soon, the swamp has flowed over the top of their head and theyre willing to do anything.
I heard theyre hiring writers over at the Babylon Bee.
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