The Last of the Watchdogs

🥊 Perhaps the biggest body blow in the recent history of federal law enforcement came on January 24, 2025 with the firing of 16 inspectors general and a 17th 2 weeks later.

🕵🏽 I interviewed former Inspector General Michael Missal, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and former Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt, U.S. Department of the Interior.

🐍 It was a wide ranging discussion on the origin of the Inspector General role which I learned was first created by General George Washington, contrasting the mission of IGs to DOGE’s slash and burn approach and the potential consequences of defanging the government’s ability to maintain checks on the power of the executive branch.

🎙️ Please listen in to this latest episode of the Fraud Eats Strategy podcast.