Trump’s mistreatment of inspectors general could risk lives

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As President Trump ramps up his war against federal agency inspectors general, alarm bells ought to sound across the ideological spectrum.

Trump is hobbling one of the most important means of fighting government waste and corruption. He is abusing what are supposed to be apolitical offices by turning them into lap-dog dens servile to him in ways that will enable rather than restrain presidential misconduct.

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