“This firing is the outrageous act of a President trying to protect one of his most loyal supporters, the Secretary of State, from accountability,” Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign …
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, in Washington. March 20, 2020.Following another ouster of a government watchdog by the president, Trump is being accused of possibly committing “an unlawful act of retaliation” by the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Late Friday, Trump informed Congress in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of his intent to fire State Department Inspector General . Ambassador Stephen Akard, who has ties with Vice President Mike Pence, will fill Linick’s position when it becomes vacant in 30 days., the president said he “no longer” had the “fullest confidence” in Linick, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2013.blasting the president’s move and called into question its legality and Trump’s motives.
“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 wrote. According to several reports, Linick had opened an investigation regarding Pompeo’s alleged use of a political appointee at the State Department who was directed to perform personal tasks for the secretary and his wife.
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