SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mitt Romney is among a bipartisan group of lawmakers demanding that President Donald Trump explain why he fired the intelligence community inspector general.
The eight senators, led by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, say the explanation Trump gave for removing Michael Atkinson was insufficient and does not comply with the law. The president cited a lack of confidence in the intelligence community’s top watchdog.
Trump defended the firing of Atkinson last weekend, calling him a “total disgrace” over his handling of the whistleblower complaint, which detailed Trump’s conversations with Ukraine’s president, Politico reported. Atkinson was required by law to transmit the complaint to the House and Senate intelligence committees. The complaint led to Trump’s impeachment.
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Mitt is so clearly the face of the swamp…this is how it is defined. Wonder if he voted for the climate change features in the stimulus bill, my money says he did….drain this swamp.
I can’t believe he’s the same idjit I voted for in 2012. Clearly we need to re-think our nomination process. We were never supposed to get a Donald Trump. It was Jeb Bush’s “turn” to win the nomination. And he would have lost to Hillary. In Spanish. Because he’s a loser.
I’m so very glad Trump is such an anti-Swamp boss. Keep crushing them, Donald. Drain that Swamp.
And keep in mind if Mitthew Romney objects, you’re probably on the right path. He’s got that whole George Costanza “do the exact opposite” thing.
There is no shame in a mittens vote in 2012, one only needs to remember the other alternative at the time, mittens won the primary, the only other choice was obama.
You’re not the ONLY one around here, flabbergasted, he’s the same FOOL we voted for in 2012…
I wish we could pry open Mitt Flip FLop’s big mouth with a vice and make him drink a whole swamp, until he exploded. I would love to watch that. Mitt is a RINO / DemoRAT PIG TRAITOR.
They’re _not_ “bipartisan.” They’re a gaggle of leftists, with their RINO minions in tow. Romney is among the worst! He’s why I devoted an entire chapter of my book to the importance of RINOs to the leftist Democrats!
Trump runs the executive branch…no explanation of how/who he hires and fires needed unless the senate needs to confirm a cabinet post.
And even then, THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT he explain, to the media, WHY he fires someone.. SINCE THEY SERVE AT his pleasure…
You got that right Ituser… President Trump is doing what he’s elected to do. The top executive finds the weak link in the chain and replaces it, making the chain (in this case the USA) stronger.
Let’s hope come 2021, HE STARTS CLEARING HOUSE ON ALL the obama/clinton/bush holdovers.. ESPECIALLY IN THE DEPT of injustice!!
Mitt gets no love on this site!!!!
HE Doesn’t deserve any!
We love to mock him. So he’s got that going for him.
I think it’s sad how revengeful Mitt has become. He’s so shocked and pissed off he didn’t become president, he now sounds like a five year acting out every time he opens his mouth. Mitt, you were not “owed” the presidency – like Hillary who also thought it was owed to her. Put on your big boy pants and start acting like you belong in Congress. Otherwise, keep quiet until you get voted out.
Here’s the thing about that. Mitt lost to Obama. Trump supported him in 2012. Now he’s mad at Trump because he became Prez and Mitty Mitty Bang Bang didn’t. That’s the name of his station wagon where he keeps his dog on top, I assume.
Trump didn’t cause Mitt to lose. Trump was in his corner. Mitt big fat lost all on his own. If he had shown 1/10th of the fight he now shows toward Trump, he probably would have won. The fool is running the football the wrong way.
The psychological term for this is displacement. Obama beat him so he’s mad at Trump. It’s the same mental instability that would cause a man who had a bad day at work to come home and kick his puppy. Or tie it to the roof of a station wagon. Either or. Perhaps he’s had this issue for a while.
Too many RINO’s in the party. Maybe Mittens can understand this, Trump fired him because he can. It’s part of being the President of the United States duties which you will NEVER see or understand. Mittens, you’re a loser and I gag every time I have to think that i was forced to vote for you or OBummer in 2012.
The explanation is that the president is blatantly corrupt; he barely tries to hide it, and most Republicans are fine with it.
By the way, I wonder why this article focuses on Romney rather than Grassley. Could it be because everyone knows that in the end, Grassley will let Trump get away with anything and everything?
How is he ‘corrupt’.?
What criminal charges have you seen, WITH EVIDENCE to back those claims up!?
Hey Bob, who’s corrupting him? The Voters? US Citizens? The man’s lost over $1 Billion (with a B) of his personal wealth since taking office and takes $0 of his pay and donates the salary to Veteran causes, etc. C’mon man, you’re welcome on this site if you put up a decent argument. Don’t just throw some molotov cocktail in here and expect to get anyone to think you’re anything but a mind numbed liberal. That’s not a personal attack, just an observation based upon what you posted.
Well, bob, seems everyone in world but you is savvy enough to comprehend that Ukraine was another attempt like Russia to frame Trump in what appears to be the unending saga of political sabotage being orchestrated by Dems, Marxist / Socialist ideologues, fanatic anti-American liberals, multi billionaire globalists, various deep state plants & chicken poop Repubs & vomited out 24/7 to the public by multi millionaire media parrots Lemon, Cuomo, Mika & Joe & Maddow as dictated by their corrupt billionaire media CEO’s.
Pls note this article is from unknown “various sources” which should be a clue it is the now common media hype meant to inflame Trump haters.
Btw, bob, am wondering if you would fire an HR management employee who was told by another never identified employee that you were a child molester & your HR employee then decided to pass the accusation on to the legal system & the media without even bothering to investigate the possible ulterior motives, credibility, enmity or bias of the employee who made the accusation.
If you say you wouldn’t fire such an incompetent &/or malicious employee then you would be a fool & an idiot just asking to be forever tainted with your reputation & life in the toilet & maybe jailed based simply on accusations & speculation that would be thrown out of any court if you were an avg person or a politician / contributor to the Dem Party.
I’d certainly retain a lawyer and look into SUING THEM..
You realize what they say about middle of the road, otherwise known as bi-partisan. When one is in the middle of the road they get run over both ways, or the other statement like this, “Only one thing is found in the middle of the road. Yellow stripes and dead armadillos.”
Mitt Romney is another John McCain. He feels strongly both ways.
So eight senators say that the reason for removing Atkinson was insufficient and not compliant with the law. I agree with jeffsan, Trump can fit who he wants in the executive branch just like Obama and Clinton did. Just too bad we can’t fire these eight. Those that elect them need to have their had examined.
Saw a kite flying quite well the other day, I wonder if Mitt was holding the string, naw just a pipe dream. But it’s a good suggestion for home and other tds sufferers.
Find out what Barr told Laura about Atkinson’s removal during her interview with him, not in agreement with Mitt.
My bad, “home” should “him”, meaning Miit.
He owes and should provide no explanation to any of them. If asked face to face, which I doubt any of these weasels have the testicular fortitude to do, he need only say, “Because I wanted to, now mind your own business”.
Trip down memory lane from June 2009
“Obama’s move follows an investigation by IG Gerald Walpin finding misuse of federal grants by a nonprofit education group led by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is an Obama supporter and former NBA basketball star.”
Where was the outrage?
I’m convinced that when Obama got away with that without objection he realized he had a blank check to transform the country.
Utah, look what you did. You elected the biggest RINO to keep goring the President and Republican Party. Why doesn’t Mitt just “come out” as a globalist like the Bushes and stop pretending that he’s following his conscience instead of Dem orders? He’s giving Mormons a bad name.
I’m tiring of these Leftist Attack Dogs. Mutt Rotney, Shrillary, The Bronx Bolshevik along with the Liberal Media. They are nothing more than shrill empty voices in the Leftist echo chamber.
All of them are hasbeens on their way out. Mutt will hopefully be thrown out by Utahans sick of his lies, Shrillary is death walking, and The Bronx Bolshevik has done more damage to her own constituents that even they in their infinite stupidity should send her back to tending bars. Enough of these clowns.
Who are the other so-called republicans, involved in this “bipartisan” effort?
WE DEMAND to know.