“I think every president has gotten rid of probably more [inspectors general] than I have.”
What FactCheck.org found
According to a recently released Congressional Research Service report, since 2000, Barack Obama was the only president to remove an inspector general, and he removed one.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 18 May 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 May 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-roundtable-restau…
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