John,

Late Friday night, President Trump fired the State Department’s Inspector
General. The IG is an independent watchdog tasked with holding the federal
agency accountable.

So naturally, Donald Trump wanted him as far away from his administration
as possible. What’s even more appalling and dangerous -- this is the
fourth IG Trump has fired in the past three months. Yes, you heard me
correctly. Four IGs terminated in three months.

According to new reports from NBC News, the State Department Inspector
General, Steve Linick, was investigating “allegations that a staffer for
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was performing domestic errands and chores
such as handling dry cleaning, walking the family dog and making
restaurant reservations.”

More sinister is that the Inspector General was reportedly looking into
Pompeo’s decision to “green-light billions of dollars of arms sales to
Saudi Arabia against the will of Congress” late last year.

The American people deserve the truth, and we need to get to the bottom of
this.

[ [link removed] ]If you agree, add your name to our petition telling Democrats in
Congress to pick up where the Inspector General’s investigation left off.
We have to hold the Trump administration accountable >>

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Donald Trump thinks the law doesn’t apply to him or his cronies.

That’s why he’s fired whistleblowers and watchdogs across the federal
government. The State Department’s Inspector General is just the latest.
In the past three months, Trump has terminated IGs in Health & Human
Services, and in the Defense and Intelligence departments.

Democrats in Congress need to stand strong and exercise their
constitutional authority to check the executive branch. We need to know
exactly why Inspector General Linick was fired, and what Pompeo is
covering up.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Democrats in Congress to get to the truth and continue the
Inspector General’s investigation. We need a strong show of grassroots
support to demonstrate the public is behind them >>

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Thanks for raising your voice on this today. DFA members have led the
fight to check the Trump administration from day one, and we’ll continue
to do so every day.

— Yvette

Yvette Simpson, CEO
Democracy for America




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