OpinionViewpoints

The Case of the Fired Inspectors General

Save
The Case of the Fired Inspectors General
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Arlington, Va., on March 6, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Joseph E. Schmitz
Updated:
0:00
Commentary
On March 27, Judge Ana Reyes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held a hearing in Storch et al v. Hegseth et al on the motion for a preliminary injunction by eight former inspectors general whom President Donald Trump fired on Jan. 24.
Joseph E. Schmitz
Joseph E. Schmitz
Author
Joseph E. Schmitz serves as Distinguished Constitutional Fellow for “The Oversight Project: It’s Your Government.” During the 2016 presidential campaign, he served as foreign policy and national security advisor to Donald Trump. Mr. Schmitz served as Inspector General of the Department of Defense from 2002–2005, and now serves as Chief Legal Officer of Pacem Solutions International. He graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy, earned his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School, and is author of, “The Inspector General Handbook: Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Other Constitutional ‘Enemies, Foreign and Domestic’” (2013).