An unidentified speaker told an oversight session that former President Donald Trump repeatedly shielded people accused of financial wrongdoing and moved to undermine federal oversight by removing inspectors general tasked with probing misconduct.

The speaker said Republicans were "defending" those actions and argued the pattern shows the president is "systematically tearing down the institutions designed to prevent" fraud. The speaker accused Trump of having "pardoned fraudster after fraudster after fraudster," and of targeting the officials who would have uncovered wrongdoing.

The speaker listed specific personnel moves as examples, saying, "He fired the independent inspector general at the State Department. He fired the independent inspector general of the intelligence community. He removed the acting inspector general at Health and Human Services in the middle of a pandemic as massive emergency funds were going out the door. He pushed out the Defense Department IG." Those statements were presented as part of an argument that removals coincided with investigations into the administration.

The speaker framed the removals as retaliatory, asking, "And why has Trump gone after these independent inspectors general?" and answering, "In each case, they were investigating his or his administration's misconduct and fraud." The transcript ends shortly after that line; no formal vote, motion, or agency response is recorded in the provided segments.

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