In her report, McCaskill wrote: “Cutting the budgets of independent watchdogs is deeply troubling and hinders the effort to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent appropriately. Inspectors General contribute to the important job of curbing waste, fraud, and abuse at federal agencies, so it’s unconscionable that we would cut their budgets and decrease accountability, especially as we’re potentially increasing the budgets of some of the very same agencies they’re supposed to oversee.” We truly cannot imagine why Donald Trump, D.C.’s most upstanding individual who is totally not a magnet for corruption, would want to do such a thing.

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Speaking of corruption at the federal level . . .

Oops, another Trump staffer was under the impression subordinates are meant to be used as butlers:

One of Defense Secretary James Mattis’s most senior civilian advisers is being investigated by the Defense Department Office of Inspector General for allegedly retaliating against staff members after she used some of them to conduct her personal errands and business matters, according to four sources familiar with the probe.

Dana White, the Trump administration political appointee who serves as the Pentagon's chief spokeswoman, has been under investigation for several weeks after multiple complaints were filed against her.

White is alleged to have misused support staff, asking them, among other things, to fetch her dry-cleaning, run to the pharmacy for her, and work on her mortgage paperwork. Staffers also charge that she inappropriately transferred personnel after they filed complaints about her.

White, who was named spokeswoman in April 2017, did not respond to a request for comment. Charles Summers, the principal deputy assistant to the secretary for public affairs, told CNN: “This is an ongoing review about which we cannot comment.”

Trump’s tax legislation is creating a booming industry for tax-avoidance advisers

Make too much money to take advantage of the tax break for owners of pass-through companies, which basically slashes their tax rates from 37 percent to just under 30 percent? No problem!