They Were the Original DOGE. Then Trump Fired Them. | NYT Opinion

President Trump has sworn to root out corruption within the government, yet
one of his first acts as president was to fire over a dozen independent watchdogs who did exactly that. We spoke to seven of them about the abuses they uncovered, what they really think about DOGE and what all this means for the future of American democracy.

0:00 — Intro
2:35 — What’s an inspector general?
3:20 — You got fired. Why should we care?
4:59 — What worries you about the future?
6:31 — What’s do you think about DOGE?
8:41 — Is our democracy in danger?

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