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TRUMP’S FIRING OF INSPECTORS GENERAL PAVES WAY FOR CORRUPTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
JANUARY 25, 2025

PRESS CONTACT:
Monica Escobedo, [email protected]

WASHINGTON, DC – Stand Up America’s President and Founder, Sean Eldridge, issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s late-night firing of 17 inspectors general across multiple federal agencies:

“President Trump’s late-night purge of over a dozen inspectors general not only likely violates federal law, it demonstrates how hollow his pledge is to tackle waste and abuse in government. Just days after establishing a ‘Department of Government Efficiency,’ he fired the public servants tasked with rooting out waste, fraud, and corruption across our government.

“If Republicans in Congress fail to respond to Trump’s midnight massacre and take immediate action to ensure independence for inspectors general, they will be complicit in Trump’s attempts to enable corruption and undermine transparency for the American people. As Trump surrounds himself with billionaires and corporate lobbyists, we’ve never needed fair and impartial inspectors general more than we do now.”

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