AP FACT CHECK: Trump misfires on watchdogs, mail-in voting
Source: Associated Press
AP FACT CHECK: Trump misfires on watchdogs, mail-in voting
By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD
April 13, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Man bites watchdog.
In firing one inspector general, sidelining another and assailing a third, President Donald Trump in recent days has put his aversion to agents of federal accountability on stark display in a country consumed by the coronavirus.
Clearly displeased when inspectors general come to independent conclusions that don’t fit the stories he tells, Trump employs a tactic to mar their credibility. If public servants worked for the government in the Obama era, they are subject to being painted as Obama loyalists out to get him.
And they’re not insulated if they worked for Republican presidents, too, as the three targeted IGs found out.
With concerns raised about the safety of voting in a pandemic including the November general election, Trump spread falsehoods about the extent of mail-in voting fraud.
A look at the president’s recent distortions on key elements of the pandemic response and a few other political subjects:
GOVERNMENT WATCHDOGS
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