
The White House has not confirmed the firings and did not respond to the BBC's request for comment. "These firings are Donald Trump's way of telling us he is terrified of accountability and is hostile to facts and to transparency," said Schumer, a Democrat from New York. Speaking from the Senate floor on Saturday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described the watchdog firings as a "chilling purge". The Trump administration has fired at least a dozen federal watchdogs late on Friday evening, a possibly illegal move that could face court...