Hey there,
Late Friday night, Donald Trump fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.
Linick, an Obama appointee, was doing his job and investigating Mike Pompeo -- Trump’s Secretary of State -- for inappropriate behavior. Pompeo would apparently rather not answer questions about whether he was sending a political appointee to perform personal errands like walking his dog and picking up his dry cleaning. It’s not the first time Pompeo has been investigated for this sort of misconduct.
But rather than cooperate with the investigation, Pompeo suggested Trump fire Linick -- and Trump did.
Now House Democrats led by Nancy Pelosi are saying the firing could be an act of unlawful retaliation and have called for the White House to turn over its records on the incident. But CNN reports that chances of stopping the firing “appear slim given the fact that Trump has now fired multiple inspectors general following his Senate acquittal in early February,” and goes on to say that “the President has long been fixated on ridding his administration of government watchdogs he views as Obama loyalists and now appears to be working toward achieving that goal.”
With the White House fighting Congress’s ability to hold this administration accountable for their corruption, it’s up to the American people to provide the kind of oversight Trump is so afraid of. Tell us now:
