In Reuveni’s telling, #EmilBove used an expletive as he discussed disregarding court orders, & other top law enforcement officials showed themselves ready to stonewall #judges or lie to them to get their way.

Reuveni’s account, which was reviewed by NYT, was filed to lawmakers & the #DOJ #InspectorGeneral on Tues, just one day before Bove is scheduled to testify before the #Senate #Judiciary Committee for a nomination to a federal appeals court.

“Having a senior official placed in any #InspectorGeneral’s office who reports to the agency head, in this case #DNI, would undermine the entire construct of #independence that is integral to the IG’s #oversight mission,” said Mark Greenblatt, a former #Trump-appointed Interior Department inspector general & former chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity & Efficiency [#CIGIE].

The latest apparent political installation in the #intelligence community #InspectorGeneral’s office comes amid broader concerns about the #independence of government watchdogs. #Trump purged most inspectors general at Cabinet-level agencies in January, & in recent weeks has nominated 6 new inspectors general, including 3 with clearly #partisan backgrounds.

The adviser, Dennis Kirk, was placed within the #watchdog office on May 9, but reports to the #DNI, acc/to one of the officials….

Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), the leading #House #Oversight #Democrat, sent a letter to Acting #Intelligence Community #InspectorGeneral Tamara A. Johnson Thurs, demanding information about the appointment of Kirk, who was an adviser in the Office of Personnel Management during #Trump’s first term & co-author of a #Project2025 chapter on the federal workforce.

“The earliest steps were to impose severe restrictions on all public-facing agency activity, fire the #independent #InspectorGeneral, rescind job offers, & institute a hiring freeze,” the #states’ lawsuit said. “The next steps were to remove the existing key leaders within the agencies unsympathetic to Secretary Kennedy’s favored views, & fire tens of thousands of the rank & file. This coordinated dismantling has stopped crucial work that plaintiff states relied upon.”

Joseph Rillotta, a senior #IRS lawyer, wrote that “no one” at the IRS had taken into account the performance of the probationary workers set to be fired. Rillotta urged that the language be struck from the draft termination letter.

If the falsehood wasn’t removed, Rillotta said he would file a report w/the #InspectorGeneral for the IRS.

#Trump fired the #InspectorGeneral for #USAID on Tues after he released a blistering report saying $489M in #food assistance was at risk of spoilage or potential diversion because of the funding freeze & work stoppage.

Musk’s rats:
They’re burrowing into every #data system in the federal govt, although many wouldn’t pass a #security test
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/doge-poop

"Sure, there’s some waste & fraud in #government. That’s why every department had an #InspectorGeneral to find & stop it — until #Trump fired most of them. In addition, before Musk’s rats tunneled into the General Services Administration, accountants oversaw every department’s & agency’s spending.

In other words, the #coup continues."

[Newly “confirmed”] #Defense Sec #PeteHegseth has decided to remove retired Gen #MarkMilley’s #security detail, revoke his security clearance, & order an #InspectorGeneral [lol are any left?] inquiry into his “behavior” as the #Pentagon’s top officer,…taking extraordinary action against a frequent target of #Trump.

#military #NationalSecurity #jcs #honor #integrity #IG #RevengePolitics #law #USpol

[Video] #InspectorGeneral #fired by #Trump has a #warning for #Americans.

President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen #federal #agencies in a #FridayNightPurge, according to a Trump administration official, paving the way for him to install his own #picks for the #independent #watchdog roles.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/video/inspector-general-fired-trump-mark-greenblatt-digvid?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_flipboard