Trump’s War on Watchdogs

5/31/20
 
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from TIME Magazine,
5/18/20:

When President Donald Trump fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on May 15, it wasn’t the first time he took aim in recent weeks at the work of a government watchdog. It wasn’t even the second time. In the last six weeks, Trump has fired or replaced four inspectors general, including Linick, part of a broad effort to roll back post-Watergate government accountability measures.

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