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Trump's been firing folks right and left. Damn.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/498106-state-department-inspector-general-fired-report
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he had recently learned that Linick had recently opened up an investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and suggested the firing was retaliation by the administration.
"This firing is the outrageous act of a President trying to protect one of his most loyal supporters, the Secretary of State, from accountability. 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," Engel said in a statement. "In the days ahead, I will be looking into this matter in greater detail, and I will press the State Department for answers."
Linick is the latest in a series of inspectors general to lose their roles in recent weeks.
Trump first raised eyebrows in early April over his firing of Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson in what critics said was retaliation for Atkinson’s handling of a whistleblower complaint last year that spurred allegations of Trump’s improper contacts with Ukraine and ultimately led to his impeachment.
Acting Pentagon Inspector General Glenn Fine, who was charged with overseeing the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package and had been designated to lead the coronavirus relief oversight panel, was also abruptly removed and replaced the next week.
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