Bloomberg News
@Bloomberg-News·2.8M subscribers·40.1K videos
Trump Says Pompeo Asked Him to Fire State Department Watchdog
Posted
May 18, 2020
Views
13,710
Likes
100
Comments
131
Engagement
May 18, 2020
13,710
100
131
1.68%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
1:32Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump said Secretary of State Michael Pompeo asked him to fire the State Department’s inspector general, Steve Linick.
“I don’t know the gentleman,” Trump said Monday at the White House during a meeting with restaurateurs at the White House. “I was happy to do it. Mike requested that I do it.”
Trump notified Congress on Friday that he would fire Linick, saying he had lost confidence in the official. Linick was appointed to the job by Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel said earlier Monday that Linick was investigating an emergency declaration Trump issued last year in order to hasten U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia as it wages war against rebels in Yemen. A congressional official has said Linick was also investigating whether Pompeo directed an aide to perform personal errands, including walking his dog.
The firing has drawn outrage from congressional Democrats who were already concerned about Trump’s removal or replacement of other inspectors general. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote Trump on Monday to ask him for a “detailed and substantial justification” for Linick’s removal within the 30 days before his dismissal will take effect.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
QUICKTAKE ON SOCIAL:
Follow QuickTake on Twitter: twitter.com/quicktake
Like QuickTake on Facebook: facebook.com/quicktake
Follow QuickTake on Instagram: instagram.com/quicktake
Subscribe to our newsletter
Email us at quicktakenews@gmail.com
QuickTake by Bloomberg is a global news network delivering up-to-the-minute analysis on the biggest news, trends and ideas for a new generation of leaders.
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
