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Trump Wages Major Assault on Government Watchdogs

Thursday, 21 May 2020 15:16 International Broadcasting - International broadcasting
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent purge of nearly a half dozen independent government watchdogs marked a new first: a president firing an inspector general at the urging of an agency head who was being investigated for possible wrongdoing.


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