BREAKING: State Department IG Steve Linick has been fired — and Stephen Akard picked to step in, per sources.
Steve Linick, who Trump intends to fire in 30 days, made news in October when he turned over documents to impeachment investigators that included copies of emails to Pompeo aides from concerned State staffers warning against Ukraine conspiracies Trump was pursuing.
PELOSI: “The President’s late-night, weekend firing of the State Department Inspector General has accelerated his dangerous pattern of retaliation against the patriotic public servants charged with conducting oversight on behalf of the American people.”
ELIOT ENGEL: “I have learned that the Office of the Inspector General had opened an investigation into Secretary Pompeo.”
Engel, Dem who is chair of House Cmte on Foreign Affairs, says in statement Steve Linick firing is “outrageous act of a president trying to protect” Pompeo.
Engel, Dem who is chair of House Cmte on Foreign Affairs, says in statement Steve Linick firing is “outrageous act of a president trying to protect” Pompeo.
