WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US President Donald Trump on Saturday (April 4) defended his decision to fire the top watchdog of the US Intelligence Community, saying Michael Atkinson did 'a terrible job' in handling the whistleblower complaint that triggered an impeachment probe of Trump last year.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire the top watchdog of the US Intelligence Community, saying Michael Atkinson did"a terrible job" in handling the whistleblower complaint that triggered an impeachment probe of Trump last year.
He was a key figure in the run-up to impeachment, having found credible a complaint from a still-unnamed whistleblower within the administration that Trump abused his office in attempting to solicit Ukraine's interference in the 2020 US election for his political benefit. Atkinson's firing prompted concerns among some Congressional Republicans and criticism from Democrats.
"However, in order to be effective, the IG must be allowed to conduct his or her work independent of internal or external pressure." Trump is trying to scare the watchdog community, Adam Schiff, a California Democrat and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee told MSNBC Saturday morning. Michael Horowitz, chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency , an independent agency in the executive branch and the inspector general at the Department of Justice, defended Atkinson and vowed on Saturday to continue to conduct"aggressive" independent oversight of government programs.
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