BREAKING: The State Department’s inspector general, Steve Linick, has been fired, per @meridithmcgraw & @nahaltoosi.
Linick was the official who sounded the alarm to Congress during the impeachment inquiry about documents Giuliani sent to State last year
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Linick was the official who sounded the alarm to Congress during the impeachment inquiry about documents Giuliani sent to State last year
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From October:
“The State Department’s inspector general briefed congressional aides Wednesday about an apparent attempt to smear the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine...”
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“The State Department’s inspector general briefed congressional aides Wednesday about an apparent attempt to smear the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine...”
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Trump has informed @SpeakerPelosi of the firing, as required by law. But the letter only says he has lost confidence in Linick — no further explanation.
Trump’s similar vagueness when he fired the IC IG, Michael Atkinson, caused Sen. Grassley & others to ask for more details.
Trump’s similar vagueness when he fired the IC IG, Michael Atkinson, caused Sen. Grassley & others to ask for more details.
Pelosi statement:
“The President must cease his pattern of reprisal and retaliation against the public servants who are working to keep Americans safe, particularly during this time of global emergency.”
“The President must cease his pattern of reprisal and retaliation against the public servants who are working to keep Americans safe, particularly during this time of global emergency.”
NEW: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel says Linick was investigating Pompeo.
A Dem aide says Linick was looking into Pompeo’s “misuse of a political appointee at the Department to perform personal tasks for himself and Mrs. Pompeo.”
A Dem aide says Linick was looking into Pompeo’s “misuse of a political appointee at the Department to perform personal tasks for himself and Mrs. Pompeo.”
