Fired IG says he was working on 5 investigations into State Department

[babylonsister]

Fired IG says he was working on 5 investigations into State Department
Axios
Ursula Perano, Rebecca Falconer


Former Inspector General Steve Linick told Congress he was conducting five investigations into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the State Department before he was fired, transcript released Wednesday shows.

Why it matters: Three of the investigations – a review of the International Women of Courage Award, a special immigrant visa program audit and a prove "involving individuals in the Office of the Protocol" — had not been disclosed publicly until House Democrats released the transcript from Linick's June 3 closed-door interview.

It emerged after Trump fired him at Pompeo's recommendation on May 15 that Linick was conducting investigations including on allegations of staff misuse. Pompeo has called the claims leveled against him "unsubstantiated."

Three congressional committees are investigating whether Pompeo had Linick fired in retaliation for his inquiries.

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https://www.axios.com/watchdog-5-state-department-investigations-afa4c20e-439e-4cc4-b926-5803f638f09c.html

[samsingh]

1. repugs led by trump and barr have reduced the State Department and Justice into corrupt institutions

[Dustlawyer]

2. Pompeo says the allegations are "unsubstantiated".

Of course he would say that, he stopped them from substantiating the “allegations”. If there was nothing there then let them investigate instead of stopping them!

[NCjack]

3. Sen. Grassley must resign. He is totally without value. Just warming a seat

behind a desk and drawing an obscene salary & benefits.

[Ford_Prefect]

4. I suspect he earns far more from his connections and patrons.

[Ilsa]

5. My, my. Pompeo has been a busy bastard. nt

[JudyM]

6. If only our Dem congressional leadership would commit to fully investigating this administration and

McConnell’s actions during this administration, we’d probably get a considerable number of people to vote who otherwise wouldn’t. Show that we’re different, and take this stuff seriously enough to fix the GOP cronyism and abject, hypocritical partisan actions that conflict with their oaths.