Trump fires inspectors general across government: report

• The Washington Post, which was first to report on the firings, said the departments impacted include Defense, State, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Energy, Commerce, Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Zoom in: The Justice Department's inspector general was spared, the New York Times reported, citing three anonymous sources with knowledge of the situation.

• The Department of Veterans Affairs' inspector general, Michael Missal sent an email to staff that was shared with Axios.
• "All, I wanted to let you know that I was informed tonight by the White House that I had been fired as the inspector general," Missal wrote on Friday.
• "My understanding is that a number of other inspectors general were also fired."

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has not yet responded to Axios' request for comment.

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