If cabinet members can remove IGs who are investigating them, and presidents can summarily dismiss IGs simply because they were appointed by a predecessor, it completely guts the point of the law. They are there to provide independent oversight!

If cabinet members can remove IGs who are investigating them, and presidents can summarily dismiss IGs simply because they were appointed by a predecessor, it completely guts the point of the law.
They are there to provide independent oversight!https://t.co/0PN1ivTaW9

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 19, 2020