Fired State Department watchdog was probing protocol office

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Source: Politico

The now-fired State Department inspector general had recently wrapped up an investigation into another top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, determining that she had likely failed to report allegations of workplace violence, a person familiar with the issue told POLITICO.

The probe into Cam Henderson, who leads the department’s Office of Protocol, could have been another factor in what Pompeo and his deputies have described as mounting frustration with the inspector general, Steve Linick, and might have contributed to Pompeo’s push to oust him.

The Pompeos worked closely with the Office of Protocol on a series of intimate, hush-hush dinners that featured influential conservatives, administration officials and Wall Street financiers in what some critics have viewed as the improper use of taxpayer dollars.

President Donald Trump fired Linick on Friday night, acting on what the president said was Pompeo’s recommendation. Linick was one of several government watchdogs Trump has sidelined in recent weeks, infuriating Democrats who say he’s trying to evade oversight and accountability.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/20/fired-state-department-watchdog-was-probing-protocol-office-270660

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[secondwind]

1. No words to describe............

[leftieNanner]

2. How is it possible that I am STILL

stunned by this crap???

But I am.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. "As the stomach turns" Every day more lawlessness. Don't forget he "loves chaos." Part of the plan.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. The arms sale: State Dept. regulations required him to sit for that interview. It wasn't optional.

The context here is that State Department regulations required him to sit for that interview. It wasn't optional.

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[Evolve Dammit]

9. Clearly defying legal authority of any type at this point. Goin' full Mussolini.

[Me.]

4. I Wonder How THis Is Going To Go Down With The WHMenace

Here's Pompeo doing practice runs at being pres and holding state dinners on the taxpayer's dime. The Menace doesn't like when his staffers get too big for their boots especially when they are using his prerogatives.

[Lonestarblue]

5. Congress needs to hold public hearings questioning the fired IGs about what they have found.

The media needs to keep this front and center. It sounds as though Pompeo’s corruption has finally caught up to him. He needs to resign.

[leftieNanner]

8. So many of them have needed to resign!

But they won't. There is nothing they can do that will get Ass Face to ask for their resignation - unless they do something that he perceives to reflect poorly on him.

[pandr32]

6. The Nazi-like behavior is horrifying

A whip??? Many Nazi officers carried riding crops.