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Maryam Khanum

Top Republican Demands Trump 'Immediately' Explain Firing of Inspectors General without Notifying Congress

The inspectors were fired by the Trump administration beginning Friday night, with the dismissals taking immediate effect. (Credit: AFP)

A top Senate Republican has written to President Donald Trump, demanding an immediate explanation as to why the President fired over 17 independent inspectors from various government agencies without notifying Congress.

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, who also serves as the president pro tempore of the Senate and chairman of the Senate judiciary committee, has written a letter alongside Democratic Senator Richard Durbin in which the two demand an explanation for Trump's sudden firing of over a dozen inspectors.

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