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.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOGE #Musk #TrumpPurge #Congress #PowerOfThePurse #FederalAgencies #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #ConstitutionalCrisis #autocracy

US watchdog to investigate Musk 'Doge' team's access to payment systems

#UnconstitutionalAccess #MarkoElez #InspectorGeneral #CourtCase #EditAccess

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f…

US watchdog to investigate Musk ‘Doge’ team’s access to payment systems

Treasury inspector general to launch audit as judge mulls whether access to sensitive data was unconstitutional

^{Robert Tait (The Guardian)}

#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.

#USpol #USAID #aid #SoftPower #ForeignPolicy #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

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

"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."

#Musk #News

#TSA facial recognition technology faces audit probe • The Register

Senators ask, #HomelandSecurity #watchdog answers: Is it worth the money?
The Department of Homeland Security's #InspectorGeneral has launched an audit of the Transportation Security Administration's use of facial recognition technology at US #airports , following criticism from lawmakers and #privacy advocates.
#ig #dhs #tsa #facialrecognition

theregister.com/2025/02/03/tsa…

TSA’s airport facial-recog tech faces audit probe

Senators ask, Homeland Security watchdog answers: Is it worth the money?

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

Trump's 'Friday Night Massacre' Probably Legal, Says Law Prof -- But His Power to Replace Fired IGs Is Limited

#LimitedPower #LawProf #InspectorGeneral #Trump #HarvardLawSchool

mediaite.com/analysis/trumps-f…

This Is Not a Good Time for the USDA to Be Without an Inspector General

#PublicInterest #USDA #InspectorGeneral #GovernmentAccountability #LeadershipVacuum

esquire.com/news-politics/poli…

This Is Not a Good Time for the USDA to Be Without an Inspector General

And YET!

^{Charles P. Pierce (Esquire)}

“Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Phyllis Fong] out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration.”
#InspectorGeneral #DonaldTrump

reuters.com/world/us/usda-insp…

#DrunkRapist #PeteHegseth readies *actions* against #Trump “foe” Retired General & former chairman of the #JointChiefsOfStaff #MarkMilley

The retired general, a frequent target of #Trump, will lose his #security detail & face an #InspectorGeneral [apparently there’s one left] investigation, said a senior #defense official.

#military #jcs #honor #integrity #IG #RevengePolitics #law #USpol
washingtonpost.com/national-se…

[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.

cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/vi…

⬆️ @misty

>> getting smug over factually-wrong laws does nothing…

Hmm, it helps in raising awareness.

Applying that in a different context (see mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1…) has me thinking — What are the tools for #enforcement?

>> They don’t need the justification to be real, they’ll do it anyway.

In violating the “#InspectorGeneral Independence Act of 2021”, for example, will they stop their paychecks, benefits, sic private militia 😱 or government-appointed Marshalls on them, or round them up?

Ramesh #NotGoingBack (@rameshgupta@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image ⬆️ @jef >> Trump says Inspectors General are fired. Inspectors General say no we're not.

^Mastodon