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Fired State Dept IG Steve Linick told House Foreign Affairs & House Oversight that he was fired bc he'd asked to interview Pompeo @ the 'emergency arms sale to Saudi Arabia'
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politico.com/news/2020/06/0…
2-"The State Department watchdog fired by President Donald Trump last month told lawmakers on Wednesday that he sought to interview Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about his role in an “emergency” arms sale to Saudi Arabia shortly before he was fired.
3-"In a readout of the private, virtual interview, two House committee chairs indicated that Steve Linick, the State Department inspector general, revealed he had approached two senior State officials about scheduling the interview for after the coronavirus crisis had abated.
4-"He never got a response before Trump removed him at Pompeo’s request, according to the readout provided by the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), and the chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.).."
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