Trump targets Republican senator while attacking ‘whistleblower racket

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Trump targeted Senator Susan Collins (R—ME) in a series of tweets after she criticised him for firing another independent agency watchdog without providing Congress the justification she said was "required by law".

The president attacked news outlets and the “Radical Left Democrats” during the weekend while claiming that whistleblowers such as Rick Bright, a former top vaccine official, were “causing great injustice and harm” to the country.

He also singled out Ms Collins, writing on Sunday: “This whole Whistleblower racket needs to be looked at very closely, it is causing great injustice & harm. I hope you are listening @SenSusanCollins.”

His comments came after the senator posted several tweets of her own the prior day about the firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. A co-author of The Inspector General Reform Act, Ms Collins noted the legislation “requires the President to notify Congress 30 days prior to the removal of an Inspector General” along with supporting information for the dismissal.

She added: “The President has not provided the kind of justification for the removal of IG Linick required by this law.”