Dems are demanding that Mike Pompeo move quickly to discipline aides found by a federal investigation to have mistreated career staffers at the State Department during the early stretch of Trump’s presidency
, released in full on Thursday, details how Trump political appointees — often under pressure from conservative media outlets and unfamiliar with federal personnel rules — sidelined multiple career professionals.The report lands at a sensitive time: The impeachment inquiry into Trump has unveiled alleged mistreatment of veteran U.S. diplomats, including the abrupt early recall of Marie Yovanovitch from her post as ambassador to Ukraine.
“Secretary Pompeo testified that anyone who engaged in this sort of bullying and harassment shouldn’t be working at the State Department,” they added. “But he’s done nothing in the face of a mountain of evidence to hold anyone accountable.” And many of the staffers lent to the “FOIA surge” had happened to work on projects during the presidency of Barack Obama that Trump opposed. Moss, for instance, had worked on efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
In a letter to the inspector general, Moss’ lawyer contended that his FOIA assignment had to be seen in the context of broader allegations of political retaliation by some of the same Trump appointees.“That it took almost two years to produce this report and then the transparent decision to delay its release until the middle of an epic news cycle, is telling,” Moss said.
But the inspector general’s report suggests that many Trump appointees were unfamiliar with such rules and basics about career staffers. The political appointees were also especially sensitive to pressure from conservative media outlets. Articles published by those outlets were frequently traded among the political appointees as they sought to sideline career employees.
Linick again finds the case inconclusive but notes that the employee didn’t contact his office about it. Rather, as the inspector general’s office perused other materials, including items related to Nowrouzzadeh’s case, they stumbled on his case and decided to investigate.
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