GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley Says Trump Isn't Following The Law
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The Iowa Republican said the president needs to notify Congress before firing watchdogs in charge of rooting out waste, fraud and corruption.

Summary

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) criticized Donald Trump for illegally firing inspectors general without giving Congress 30 days’ notice.

Trump recently dismissed the USAID inspector general after a report exposed the administration’s mismanagement of foreign aid, putting $489 million in food assistance at risk.

Grassley, a longtime watchdog advocate, said Trump could still remove officials legally by placing them on administrative leave.

  • Billiam@lemmy.world
    4·
    15 hours ago

    an acting commander in chief is a member of the military, and thus could likely be held for treason charges as acting military as well.

    No he’s not. The president is C-in-C of the military but he is explicitly still a civilian. The founding fathers wanted to ensure the military was always under the command of a civilian government.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      Makes sense, I figured it would fall under this, but re-reading the wording and yours it makes sense that he isn’t working FOR them.

      “Civilians working for the military. This includes contractors, employees of defense companies, and other civilians who are working for the military. Any of these individuals can find themselves subject to military law and in a military tribunal depending on the circumstances.”

      So yeah, minimum 5 years and max death still. But it would never happen