President Trump’s revenge and continuing attack on intelligence

President Trump has fired the intelligence community’s Inspector General Michael Atkinson who was the first alerted Congress last September about an “urgent” complaint regarding Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s president that led to his impeachment.

President Trump fired the acting director of national intelligence, removed several other who testified in the impeachment hearings and is now taking his revenge again.

He has often disagreed with the intelligence community, especially as regards Russian interference in our elections. Is this also part of continuing attack on the intelligence community?

So he may have a double motive here, revenge against those he views as instrumental in his impeachment and undermining the intelligence community.

In an article on the latest firing Politico tells us :

In an unusual rebuke of a president, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency said in a statement: “Inspector General Atkinson is known throughout the Inspector General community for his integrity, professionalism, and commitment to the rule of law and independent oversight. That includes his actions in handling the Ukraine whistleblower complaint, which the then Acting Director of National Intelligence stated in congressional testimony was done ‘by the book’ and consistent with the law.”