Secretary of State Mike Pompeo again denied that he recommended the removal of the State Department inspector general in retaliation for an investigation into the potential misuse of government resources by the top US diplomat and his wife
Pompeo also offered to have one of his top officials testify on the circumstances of the ouster of Steve Linick, the inspector general.In a series of letters dated Thursday to the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the secretary of state and his deputy, Stephen Biegun, both said that Pompeo had no knowledge of the probe at the time he made the recommendation to the President. Pompeo called it"a nasty insinuation" by the chairman, New York Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel.
"Indeed, I have maintained a 'firewall' related to any Inspector General discussions to preclude -- to the maximum extent practicable -- the Secretary of State's involvement in any specific investigations."Pompeo has maintained he was unaware of this particular investigation, saying in one of the letters that none of the officials"ever discussed with me any such 'investigation' before the President removed the Inspector General from his position.
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