Democrats grill Pompeo aides over ouster of State IG

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Democratic lawmakers attacked top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asserting that the Trump administration was offering meek justification for its abrupt firing earlier this year of the department’s internal watchdog

Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday attacked top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asserting that the Trump administration was offering meek justification for its abrupt firing earlier this year of the department’s internal watchdog.

Democrats on the panel dismissed Bulatao’s explanations, accusing Pompeo of seeking Linick’s dismissal because of investigations he had opened into the secretary’s use of taxpayer dollars and Pompeo’s declaration of an emergency allowing him to skirt congressional approval to sell arms to Saudi Arabia.

The night Linick was fired, Engel revealed that the inspector general had been investigating whether Pompeo and his wife, Susan, had been improperly using taxpayer resources. The allegations including asking staff to run personal errands for them. In one contentious exchange, Rep. Brad Sherman wondered why a delayed annual audit was considered a fireable offence when he claimed that State is “chronically late” in producing other reports “critically necessary for policy matters of life and death.” Sherman also dismissed Bulatao’s assertion that low morale was isolated to the inspector general’s office.

 

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As the Senate is unwilling to impeach a criminal president and top Trumpers are allowed to defy requests to testify before the House, there is clearly no role for watchdog.

yeah, Democrats grill a lot these days but nothing comes out of them.

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