Pompeo faces scrutiny as House chair reveals that ousted watchdog probed Saudi arms sales – By Michael Wilner and Bryan Lowry (Kansas City Star) / May 18 2020
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel raised the possibility on Monday that the State Department’s inspector general was fired because he was investigating President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration last year that expedited an arms sale to Saudi Arabia.
The dismissal of Steve Linick, the department’s inspector, was recommended by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to congressional Democrats.
Linick’s investigation was nearly complete before his ouster last week, a Democratic congressional aide confirmed to McClatchy, raising suspicions that Linick’s firing was intended to snuff out his report.
The State Department did not immediately comment on whether Linick’s termination was related to Saudi arms sales.
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