Another Deeply Troubling Inspector General Removal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement by Mark Lee Greenblatt on Another Deeply Troubling Inspector General Removal
Bethesda, MD, November 4, 2025 – The removal of yet another acting inspector general for the apparent crime of doing their job is a real problem for this country. ALL American taxpayers — including President Trump’s most ardent supporters — should want independent oversight in our government. IGs share a mission with agency leadership of making the agency work as well as possible for the American public. Removing them when they do that is anathema to a healthy, functioning government.
According to Reuters, on November 3, 2025, the White House removed Joe Allen, who had been serving as Acting Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency since April 2025. Allen’s termination reportedly followed his efforts to provide constitutionally required information to prosecutors and his planned letter to Congress notifying lawmakers that the agency was not cooperating with his office. Unfortunately, this mirrors exactly what happened with the Acting IG at the Department of Education: same situation, different day.
Independent oversight isn’t partisan. It’s patriotic.
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