TDR Live: Trump Purges Another Inspector General, And Here's Why
May 18, 2020
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as posted by the channelHost John Iadarola is joined by Francesca Fiorentini, host of Newsbroke on AJ+ and The Bitchuation Room podcast, to break down all the news you might have missed over the weekend.
Trump fires State Dpt IG Steve Linick, who was in the midst of investigating whether Mike Pompeo misused federal funds and the legality of Saudi arms sales. The Republican Party is mounting a huge national effort to make sure your ballot does NOT get counted in November. Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth went to New Jersey to support the re-opening of a gym and the tomfoolery was so real. Phone data suggests that lockdown protesters are making everything worse, for both themselves and everyone else. Elon Musk is somehow getting even more loathsome.
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"The State Department inspector general was reportedly investigating whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo required a staffer to carry out personal chores when President Donald Trump fired him Friday night, a move that sparked widespread outcry and a probe by congressional Democrats.
According to the Washington Post, Steve Linick "was looking into allegations that a staffer for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was performing domestic errands and chores such as handling dry cleaning, walking the family dog, and making restaurant reservations" in violation of federal law. Trump replaced Linick with Stephen Akard, a U.S. diplomat and close ally of Vice President Mike Pence.
One anonymous congressional official told the Post that the State Department staffer "was a political appointee and that at least one congressional committee learned of the allegations around the time of Linick's firing."
Walter Shaub, former director of the Office of Government Ethics, tweeted late Sunday that news of Linick's investigation shows that "there is no form of corruption too small for this administration.""
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