GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley Says Donald Trump Isn't Following The Law

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

Feb 12, 2025, 02:36 PM EST


President Donald Trump’s abrupt firings of top watchdogs in charge of rooting out waste, fraud and corruption in the federal government violated the law, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Wednesday. Trump fired the inspector general of the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday after his office released a scathing report on the administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, including how it put nearly half a billion dollars of food assistance at risk of spoiling. The move followed Trump’s decision last month to axe 18 inspectors general in other federal agencies.

The administration is required under the law to provide 30 days’ notice to Congress before firing an inspector general and provide specific reasons for doing so. It did not do so. Grassley, a longtime defender of inspectors general and their mission established by Congress after President Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, suggested he agreed with the firing of USAID inspector general Paul Martin, saying that he “wasn’t doing his job.”

But he said Trump needed to notify Congress before doing so. “I’d like to alert the president to the fact that he can abide by the law and still get rid of the people he wants to get rid of,” Grassley said. “He can put them on administrative leave for 30 days and send us a letter.”

Asked by HuffPost if he planned to alert Trump himself, Grassley said, “I just did, by talking to you.” Grassley wrote a letter to Trump asking for an explanation for his earlier firings of inspectors general but he still hasn’t received an answer. (The senator dined with the president at his Florida estate over the weekend, sharing a photo online.)

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-inspector-general-grassley_n_67ace0dbe4b0f939708cb3bb

[no_hypocrisy]

1. NSS

[Rhiagel]

2. So he is a law-breaker and you are a law-maker, Grassley

Do something about it, you spineless twit. If you are having dinner with the Orange buffoon, then you are complicit in his lawlessness.

[Aristus]

3. A convicted felon isn't following the law and Chuckles is surprised by this?

God, republicans are the stupidest that living creatures can get and still be classified, at least nominally, as human beings.

[rsdsharp]

4. Chuck got his headline. Nothing else need be done.

[malthaussen]

5. So, you gonna keep voting for his nominees?

Of course you are. You know where you can go, Mr Grassley.

-- Mal

[kimbutgar]

6. Better be careful Grassley and stay away from steps and windows in this 🍑💩🤡 dictatorship!

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

13. Turtle boy already "fell" down the stairs TWICE in one day...

hmm...

[mpcamb]

7. O-o-oooow! such Bold, Brave words, Chuckles!

So statesman like...

What a fraud!

[Joinfortmill]

8. Too little, too late. Go away.

[Karasu]

9. Yep. That goes for like every Republican still in Congress.

[GoYouPackersGo]

10. And what are you going to do about it, you worthless geezer?

[cadoman]

11. there's relevant precedent when Gerald Walpin was fired back in 2009

https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2009cv1343-31

Obama put Walpin on administrative leave and gave notice to Congress. Walpin challenged it in court but Obama's decision was upheld.

Seemingly the only difference in facts between the two (aside from the obviously immorality exercised by the orange mound) is that Obama gave proper 30 day notice.

It's deja vu because many of the same players are involved (Eisen, Grassley, etc.). Good reading if you want to look at factors the court would likely consider.

Here's the new lawsuit for reference:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277385/gov.uscourts.dcd.277385.1.0_1.pdf

[BaronChocula]

12. Trump was found to not be following the law by Congress,

twice before, but you voted to exonerate him. You've already proved the value of your judgment is as worthless as a cool drink in Antarctica. Go cover yourself with some dirt you nouveau confederate shitsack. You're done.

[PlanetBev]

14. Oh, all of a sudden 90 year old Chuck grows a spine

No reason to fear Trump when the Grim Reaper is right around the corner. There’s no fancy senate office and perks where your going, Chuck.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

15. FUCK YOU, Chuck!

You're now finally finding out?