Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts
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The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.

The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.

  • TotesIllegit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Likely never; our country has been allergic to holding people adequately accountable for abuses of power for a long time. Remember, Ford pardoned Nixon. I’ll be pleasantly surprised if the next Democratic president doesn’t pardon Trump and/or most of these people in the name of bipartisanship.