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\nRepresentative Adam Schiff (D-CA)<\/p>\n
\nRepresentative Adam Schiff (D-CA)<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, informing the Senate intelligence committee on Friday of his decision.<\/p>\n
Trump said in a letter that it is \u201cvital\u201d that he has confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general, and \u201cthat is no longer the case with regard to this inspector general.\u201d<\/p>\n
He did say that \u201cit is extremely important that we promote the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs and activities,\u201d and that inspectors general are critical to those goals.<\/p>\n
Atkinson was the first to inform Congress about the anonymous whistleblower complaint last year that described Trump\u2019s pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democrat Joe Biden and his son. That complaint prompted a House investigation that ultimately resulted in Trump\u2019s failed impeachment.<\/p>\n
By Ian Hanchett<\/strong><\/p>\n On Friday\u2019s broadcast of MSNBC\u2019s \u201cThe Last Word,\u201d House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) reacted to the firing of Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson by stating President Trump is \u201cretaliating against people that are on his enemies list and doing it in the dead of night\u201d as people are dying.<\/p>\n Schiff stated, \u201cWe\u2019re in the middle of a pandemic, and what is this president doing, as thousands of people are dying? He is retaliating against people that are on his enemies list and doing it in the dead of night. This is just another showing of the character or the lack of character of this president. But it is a real threat to the independence of the intelligence community, which lost the head of the community, the DNI \u2014 the acting DNI and his deputy, the acting head of the National Counterterrorism Center was also fired, along with \u2014 his deputy also left the office. So, he\u2019s decapitating the leadership of the intelligence community in the middle of a national crisis. It\u2019s unconscionable, and of course, it sends a message throughout the federal government, and in particular, to other inspector generals, that if they do their job, as this professional did\u2026they too, may be fired by a vindictive president.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Pelosi’s huge mistake of putting Schiff as head of the House Intelligence Committee is pure gold. After the impeachment debacle he has zero credibility, if indeed he had any before. I hope he is on display often as the election nears. President Trump is cleaning house of political enemies who tried to bring him down- in other times and governments getting fired would have a very different meaning.<\/p>\n Read the rest here:\u00a0Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"