State Department inspector general becomes the latest watchdog fired by Trump

By artappraiser on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 12:28am |

Full story with reporting from me & @mkraju confirming @politico scoop: https://t.co/OSfZiZcjff https://t.co/eeW6vkQJtN
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) May 16, 2020

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/politics/state-department-inspector-general-fired/index.html

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Wow this from @RepEliotEngel: “I have learned that the Office of the Inspector General had opened an investigation into Secretary Pompeo. Mr. Linick’s firing amid such a probe strongly suggests that this is an unlawful act of retaliation.”
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) May 16, 2020

More: The IG was investigating possible misuse of a political appointee at the State Department to perform personal tasks for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife, a Democratic congressional aide tells me.
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) May 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 12:30am

IG called out Trump / Pompeo for retaliation 6 months earlier

https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/11/13/trump-aides-state-departmen...

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 7:58am

FWIW:

This is what Congressional oversight looks like.@RepEliotEngel (Chair, House Foreign Affairs Committee) @SenatorMenendez (Ranking Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee) launch immediate investigation into firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. pic.twitter.com/fmoeeMXOqZ
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) May 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 2:46pm

Joe says:

It seems the way to get fired by President Trump is not to commit wrongdoing, but to investigate it. https://t.co/7cb5FAZRJP
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 7:47pm

Confirmed: State Dept IG Steve Linick was also looking into Trump’s emergency declaration to sell arms to Saudi Arabia.

“We don’t have the full picture yet, but it’s troubling that Secretary Pompeo wanted Mr. Linick pushed out before this work could be completed,” Rep Engel says
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) May 18, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/18/2020 - 2:39pm

Saudi connex now headlining

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5ec1f818c5b603f620724655

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/18/2020 - 3:39pm

Wow. Did you read the comments? The money the Saudis gave to Pompeo's outfit alone makes my skin crawl.

by CVille Dem on Mon, 05/18/2020 - 7:29pm

More Pompeo cover-up

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fired-state-dept-ig-steve-linick-was-probi...

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 05/20/2020 - 12:19pm

State Department inspector general becomes the latest watchdog fired by Trump

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