Romney Calls Watchdog Firings a Threat

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) denounced President Trump’s firings of internal government oversight officials, calling it a “threat to accountable democracy,” CNN reports.

Said Romney: “The firings of multiple Inspectors General is unprecedented; doing so without good cause chills the independence essential to their purpose. It is a threat to accountable democracy and a fissure in the constitutional balance of power.”