# Trump Fires Inspector General **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 4, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023 "2020-04-04T02:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/1 "2020-04-04T02:51:27Z")
Good to see the Administration marches on despite a global pandemic. :dubious: Trump notified Congress [he’s fired Inspector General Michael Atkinson,](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/politics/trump-fires-inspector-general-michael-atkinson/index.html) who passed along the whistle-blower’s concern about the Ukraine shakedown that ultimately led to impeachment. I guess we all wish we could turn the clock back to 2019. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/2 "2020-04-04T11:36:30Z")
I’m sure Susan Collins is shaking her head, her brow furrowed. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/3 "2020-04-04T13:16:21Z")
I know just the guy for the job. None other than Jared Kushner. He has been such an unbelievable, strong, powerful, tremendous success at this other jobs, this one should be a cinch. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/4 "2020-04-05T12:09:24Z")
I heard some talking head suggest that perhaps it’s not just revenge, and that Atkinson may have a bunch of ‘we told you so, and you did nothing’ information about COVID, and Trump is trying to stifle it. Don’t see how it would do any good, but that’s Trumps ‘business’ model. Fuck people over so they can’t fight. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/5 "2020-04-05T13:17:49Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m sure Susan Collins is shaking her head, her brow furrowed. And going “tsk, tsk”. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/6 "2020-04-05T13:30:17Z")
Anything from keeping Atkinson from speaking freely? If Trump asserts Executive Privilege, can anyone be punished for speaking voluntarily anyway? ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/7 "2020-04-05T13:32:34Z")
Oops. Double post. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/8 "2020-04-05T17:18:52Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Good to see the Administration marches on despite a global pandemic. :dubious: > > Trump notified Congress [he’s fired Inspector General Michael Atkinson,](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/politics/trump-fires-inspector-general-michael-atkinson/index.html) who passed along the whistle-blower’s concern about the Ukraine shakedown that ultimately led to impeachment. > > I guess we all wish we could turn the clock back to 2019. I’m setting mine to 2016. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/9 "2020-04-05T17:39:29Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > I know just the guy for the job. None other than Jared Kushner. He has been such an unbelievable, strong, powerful, tremendous success at this other jobs, this one should be a cinch. Maybe trump should have him cloned, then he could fill every Cabinet post AND any Supreme Court vacancies that come up. ---
**Author:** ![sdaniels7114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sdaniels7114](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdaniels7114)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/10 "2020-04-05T18:29:42Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I heard some talking head suggest that perhaps it’s not just revenge, and that Atkinson may have a bunch of ‘we told you so, and you did nothing’ information about COVID, and Trump is trying to stifle it. > > Don’t see how it would do any good, but that’s Trumps ‘business’ model. Fuck people over so they can’t fight. How much more stuff can there be? He’s already been found out to have slashed all the reforms Obama did post Ebola. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-fires-inspector-general/851023/11 "2020-04-05T18:42:26Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m sure Susan Collins is shaking her head, her brow furrowed. No, that’s just how she looks normally. Stranger