Trump just removed the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community as reciprocity for his actions in the arms for dirt scandal that led to the impeachment.

Even as we’ve seen it all there will be more corruption from the Trump regime only hinted at in the inability to coordinate the COVID-19 response. Trump has already favored the GOP states, refused to exercise a strong federal response, and enabled a wide range of profiteering and corporate bias. Firing the Inspector General is just the front end of possible shenanigans.

Two Hill sources tell NBC News Atkinson was informed tonight that Trump had fired him, and he has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately–circumventing a requirement that both intelligence committees be notified by Trump 30 days before removal of the IG.

In the middle of all his stunning incompetence, trump is kind enough to remind us that he’s also a criminal traitor who is driving patriots out of government because they did their jobs. — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) April 4, 2020

Michael Atkinson protected the identity of the whistleblower, which he was required to do by law. Ultimately what the whistleblower revealed led to Trump’s impeachment.



Now Trump is removing him while we’re all focused on the coronavirus. https://t.co/4GQMlBUj6y — Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) April 4, 2020

By law, firing an IG requires the President to provide a reason. That means a valid reason. “Loss of confidence” that results from the IG exercising his independence and doing his job is not a valid reason. This requires immediate oversight hearings. https://t.co/asqmOXCGxB — Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) April 4, 2020

Trump taps his own White House lawyer to oversee the $2 trillion coronavirus bill—the inspector general version of “I’ll be the oversight.” https://t.co/wdEFHziU8B — Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) April 4, 2020

First, Trump says he alone will do the oversight on billions in relief money.



Then, he says he’ll ignore the transparency provisions required by Congress.



Now, he says any oversight is a “witch hunt.”



But here’s the truth:



Real oversight is vital, because incompetence kills. https://t.co/sSC4RiN0tk — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) April 2, 2020

Likely there will be other Trump, GOP and malign actors’ mischief, more likely the same manipulations of data that have yet to be explored from 2016. The only way to stop which will be an overwhelming GOTV in 2020.

“America is not prepared, and nurses are not being protected”: In tears, a nurse says she quit her job after she was asked to work in a coronavirus ICU without a face mask https://t.co/ywoSuLOPYP pic.twitter.com/czY3JAN0rr — CBS News (@CBSNews) April 3, 2020

I like Presidents who don’t make jokes about how many models they have banged when discussing 100k Americans dying. @realDonaldTrump — NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) April 4, 2020

"Hundreds of thousands of people are going to die, you know what I want to come way under the models…. I was never involved in the models at least not this kind of a model ;)" Zoink!

The Don has still got it!#TrumpPressBriefing #StopAiringTrump #whereisfauci pic.twitter.com/0345EhVbX7 — James J. Gutierrez (@jamesjgutierrez) April 3, 2020

David Gura @davidgura “One minute and forty-seven seconds in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room; or, @weijia tries to ask President Trump a “basic,” “simple” question”

Trump announces the CDC is now recommending people wear face coverings to stop spread of coronavirus, but then immediately says "I don't think I'm going to be doing it." pic.twitter.com/GRDLrNNJMD — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

Question: Why are you opposed to wearing a mask yourself?

Trump: I dunno somehow sitting in the Oval Office behind that beautiful resolute desk. The great resolute desk. I think that wearing a face mask as I greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens.. I dunno pic.twitter.com/JzathW5lzW — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) April 3, 2020

Question: "Do you think every state in this country should be prepared for mail-in voting [for the General Election] ?"



President Trump: "No because I think a lot of people cheat with mail-in voting."#TrumpPressBriefing pic.twitter.com/9mle2mfRXT — The Hill (@thehill) April 3, 2020

It’s not so much that he sent them, it’s that he didn’t replace the supply and then lied and said the Obama administration left the county without enough supplies. His lies and ineptitude kill Americans. — Noreen Selinger (@NoreenSelinger) March 29, 2020

President Trump said he would authorize the use of a wartime-era law to force GM to produce ventilators, but the company still hasn't received a formal order. GM, as a result, hasn't allowed private companies or hospitals to place orders, a source says. https://t.co/MJcmnibokQ — CNN (@CNN) April 4, 2020

Accidental confession. “I’ve already done extraordinary damage to our country in recent years” pic.twitter.com/FsDfCZLpBQ — Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) April 3, 2020