Trump Fires Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson

Trump Fires Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 4, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump has fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community (ICIG) who handled the anonymous whistleblower complaint that triggered the House Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against the president.

In a letter to the Senate intelligence committee on Friday, Trump said that he would remove Atkinson from office “effective 30 days from today.”