The former intelligence community inspector general, who informed Congress of the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump's impeachment, says that he believes Trump fired him for doing his job
Michael Atkinson said in a statement that he was"disappointed and saddened" by Trump's decision to oust him on Friday, with the President stating that Atkinson did not have his"fullest confidence.""It is hard not to think that the President's loss of confidence in me derives from my having faithfully discharged my legal obligations as an independent and impartial Inspector General, and from my commitment to continue to do so," Atkinson wrote.
Atkinson's firing also comes as Trump has faced widespread criticism for the federal government's response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, and has said the impeachment trial"probably did" distract him from responding to the virus' outbreak during the trial in January and early February.
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