President Trump's removal of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick is the latest in a string of administration firings of government watchdogs.
Steve Linick, shown after a briefing on Capitol Hill in 2019, was fired by President Trump on Friday as the State Department's inspector general.Steve Linick, shown after a briefing on Capitol Hill in 2019, was fired by President Trump on Friday as the State Department's inspector general.Steve LinickThe president sent notice of Linick's removal, effective in 30 days, to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday.
"I have learned that the Office of the Inspector General had opened an investigation into Secretary Pompeo," Engel said."Mr. Linick's firing amid such a probe strongly suggests that this is an unlawful act of retaliation."A Democratic aide on Capitol Hill elaborated that"the OIG was looking into the Secretary's misuse of a political appointee at the Department to perform personal tasks for himself and Mrs. Pompeo.
In recent weeks, the president also removed Michael Atkinson as inspector general of the Intelligence Community, as well as Glenn Fine, who had been named to oversee the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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