Fired State Department watchdog was probing protocol office
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 departments 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 Pompeos 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 Pompeos recommendation. Linick was one of several government watchdogs Trump has sidelined in recent weeks, infuriating Democrats who say hes 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
(16,903 posts)leftieNanner
(15,062 posts)stunned by this crap???
But I am.
Evolve Dammit
(16,697 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,290 posts)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
(16,697 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)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
(9,958 posts)The media needs to keep this front and center. It sounds as though Pompeos corruption has finally caught up to him. He needs to resign.
leftieNanner
(15,062 posts)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
(11,553 posts)A whip??? Many Nazi officers carried riding crops.