ADThe previous inspector general, Calvin L. Scovel III, retired in January after 13 years in the job, following a prostate cancer diagnosis. His deputy, Mitch Behm, had been serving as acting inspector general and will return to the deputy inspector general job, Post said. There is no modern precedent for so many firings of inspectors general in such a compressed time period. We all recognize how bad this is for our country,” one inspector general said in describing the reaction of Obama and Trump appointees alike. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who heads the council of 74 federal inspectors general, declined to comment Saturday.

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2020 22:18 UTC