Trump's firing of the inspector general investigating Mike Pompeo grows even more suspicious

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with President Trump and with members of the coronavirus task force on April 8.

In the growing series of President Trump’s controversial removals of inspectors general, the firing of State Department IG Steve Linick might be the most problematic. Linick, we’ve come to find out, had been investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo personally, as well as a major decision Pompeo had approved on an arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And both the White House and Pompeo have said the removal of Linick was Pompeo’s call.

On Monday, Pompeo’s office made the case for why Linick deserved to be removed. But, at least at this point, it’s pretty thin gruel.

As The Washington Post’s John Hudson and Carol Morello reported, Pompeo and his office are spotlighting two key issues with Linick: that he didn’t mesh with the State Department’s goals, and that there were leaks involving his investigations.

Here’s the crux of the case they made for Linick’s removal:
Pompeo told The Washington Post that he advised Trump to fire Linick because he was not “performing a function” that was “additive for the State Department.”

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Democratic prez does this and entire country is unglued...con does it and nothing

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5. that's cuz

nobody .. including his party and his base .. has any delusions about ethics or rule of law anymore. They all know what he is, and they're all along for the ride.

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2. Didn't Pompeo previously state that he had no idea he was being investigated?

And now he says Linick was fired because of leaks involving his investigations?

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3. not an honest man in the entire republican party

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4. A function that was additive for the State Department? Whaaaa?

Does Pompeo know what the Inspector General's job is? Certainly crooks and murderers don't feel like the cops are performing a function that is an additive to their schemes. Sadly, criminals don't have the power to disband the police force.

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6. KR!

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7. Yet the MSM waste time on Trump's obvious HCQ lie...

As if he is actually taking it