MASSACRE: President Trump FIRES 17 Inspectors General In Late Night Carnage

The Far Left is melting down right now, but I can’t stop smiling!

In a late night move, President Trump just fired 17 Inspectors General.

NEW YORK TIMES:

Trump has fired 17 inspectors general in a late-night purge of the internal government watchdogs. pic.twitter.com/8CNIdpkxgh

— john jackson (@pvtjokerus) January 25, 2025

This man never sleeps!

It’s incredible!

While everyone was asleep last night.

One guy wasn’t…

President Trump fired 17 Inspectors Generals.

The Inspectors Generals are supposed to be the watchdogs for government corruption but have become nothing more than coverup and delay machines for the swamp.

Fantastic move.

— C3 (@C_3C_3) January 25, 2025

From the NY Times:

🚨NYT reporting Trump fired 17 Inspectors General from several agencies in a late night purge.

The winning continues … pic.twitter.com/Z7QuEtuIie

— Sheri™ (@FFT1776) January 25, 2025

Here is more from ABC News:

In a late-night Friday move, President Donald Trump fired at least 17 independent watchdogs — known as inspectors general — at multiple federal agencies, sources familiar with the move told ABC News.

The conversations about ousting these government watchdogs began during Trump’s transition back to the White House.

While inspectors general can be fired by the president — it can only happen after communicating with Congress 30 days in advance and in 2022 Congress strengthened the law requiring administrations to give a detailed reasoning for the firing of an IG.

There isn’t yet have a complete list of all the IG’s impacted, but at least one high-profile watchdog — Justice Department IG Michael Horowitz — did not receive notice that he was fired as of yesterday evening.

Horowitz is an Obama appointee and has issued reports that have been critical of both the Trump and Biden administrations.

The current law also mandates that any acting IG’s must come from within the IG community, though it’s unclear whether the Trump White House believes they need to follow that aspect of the law.

The inspectors general were blindsided by emails they received Friday night from Sergio Gor, the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, according to a source with knowledge of the firings.

“I am writing to inform you that due to changing priorities your position … is terminated, effective immediately,” read the emails reviewed by ABC News.

Many of IGs had met with the Trump transition officials at their agencies and had productive conversations with the incoming administration, the source said.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Saturday that Congress was not given the required 30-day notice.

“There may be good reason the IGs were fired. We need to know that if so. I’d like further explanation from President Trump,” Grassley said in a statement given to ABC News. “Regardless, the 30 day detailed notice of removal that the law demands was not provided to Congress.”

Grassley told ABC News earlier this week that the president must tell Congress before removal.

“First of all to remind that our Inspector General can’t be removed from office until the president, and that’s any president, not just Trump. So this is a message to all these presidents you’ve got to tell Congress a month ahead of time the reasons for removing them,” Grassley said.

Watch more here from ABC News:

Trump fired 17 inspectors general at multiple federal agencies overnight, sources say.

While the independent watchdogs can be fired by the president — it can only happen after communicating with Congress 30 days prior, requiring detailed reasoning for the firing. pic.twitter.com/Y66tPdNlyT

— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) January 25, 2025