Trump fires State Department watchdog

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JUST IN: President Trump has informed Congress of his intention to remove State Dept. Inspector General Steve Linick, writing he 'no longer' has full confidence in him.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described the removal of Linick as a wee-hours firing by Trump that appears to be retaliation for Linick's critical eye within the department.

Linick, an Obama administration appointee, will be replaced by Stephen Akard, a former career foreign service officer with close ties to Vice President Mike Pence, according to The Associated Press.

 

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Who's going to make him turn over anything ?

Watchdog Steve Linick allowed African prince gang to steal hundreds of millions in unemployment funds!!!!!!

smilinsandi I hope they wrote a very stern letter.

Do you really think Trump will turn over records? Do you think he will allow people to testify? Give me a break. He’s too powerful and cannot be stopped. Sad to say get use to 4 more years.

Inspectors General of the Cabinet-level agencies can be removed only by the President. The inquiry will go no where the law is on the presidents side, The man was hired by Obama, No records will be turn over,

Good!

So what? He fired a POS Barry sympathizer.

Why would I expect anything less from these clowns ?

And tRumpo flipping them off in 3....2....1

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Because there’s nothing else going on in DC, why shouldn’t they launch yet another investigation of Trump?🤷‍♀️

Immediately!!

peace1 Do they seriously think Trump will run out of lawyers to defy Congressional oversight?

Good, drain the swamp.

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Menendez should know how to investigate based on his own corruption investigation and prosecution. These guys are a joke

burcham_don i.e. he's NOT fired yet. As Rand Paul hatefully attacked Fauci Senate Hearing, Trump's 'not the end all...'

Yeah like Democrats are going to admit their failures

He hasn’t even turned over his financials, he won’t provide anything for this. He’s a fraud!

NBCNightlyNews It is not just that Trump is firing those who have oversight but that he is now getting around to this. If he had a clue about how government work, he could have done all this the first 100 days in office.

kimshurtleff Get the records of IG Linick’s investigation. Subpoena Pompeo and enforce it.

Good luck getting ANYTHING from these crooks and conmen

And if they don't, oh well.

Lol.. another waste of time

The fear that a dictator is on had in the form of this president is getting greater ever day, he removes oversight and accountability from his path to do what he wants. With 500 billion $ as flash money and no oversight, what are the Republicans saying, nothing

He's having TrumpMeltdown 🤷‍♂️

And Susan Collins expressed “great concern”

Draining the swamp 👏👏👏

“No longer having full confidence in him” really means he doesn’t want to cover for his stupidity any longer or he doesn’t do what I say... Your fired !!... Still playing TV Donald on that stupid show... wake up people !!

We no longer have confidence in realDonaldTrump so let’s fire him when we vote in November!!

Translation: he's going to find out the crimes I have committed

Wish he would get fired....what a poor excuse of a President our country has!

Trump removes another Obama partisan bureaucrat! Oh, the partisan howls we will have to endure!

Good for Trump. Get rid of the deep state who do not have the best interest of the United States Citizens at heart

Everyone saying President Trump should be fired etc etc ....you do realize when you vote in November you are actually voting for the “woman of color” .... his words not mine ... that he chooses for VP to be President since he will never last 4 years as President with dementia.

Should have gotten rid of all these guys

Removing more of Obama's shit from government. Excellent.

PhyllisGronski Great news!

Thanks Mr. President. Drain the Dem swamp.

Remove yourself as the USA has no confidence in you

He’s just weeding out the Obama left overs who have been spying on him left and right!

Thank you Mr. President, however I would have fired him on the first hour in office. You tried to be a good guy and got burnt.

We don’t have confidence in you. That rule should also apply to you. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Executive & Constitution oversight. Where has the Republican Party gone? They only think oversight is for former a POTUS and VP. Wake up, Trump is violating law and lying daily yet you do and say NOTHING. Resign if the LAW can be broken only if you’re GOP. ap FoxNews cnn abc

It is called the 'Deep State' Department for a reason.

Drain the swamp!!!!!

That proves that Pompeii? Oh. is guilty.

Remove Trump from office in November as no longer as Americans Confidence

I don't have any confidence in trump at all soooo.,,,,,

Why Congress wouldn't say: 'We don't have confidence in you'?

CalBrownBear . “No longer has confidence in him” translates to “that motherfcker is getting too close to Pompeo & me. Time to clear out the cops”

if only it was that easy for us as we have lost confidence in trump

amazing how he loses confidence and fires anyone that wuestions him isnt it... he appoints them then acts like they are plants for the Democrats

Does einstein know that every time he shitcans one of these dudes he creates another person to testify before the house subcommittee on disgustingly corrupt executive government? UR🤡💩

Nothing wrong here...smh.

Most likely he was a decent man doing right & wasn't a test sir poppet.

That excuse would have got trump fired on day 1.

Hmmm using the Nixon playbook. Get rid of anyone that might look into realDonaldTrump corrupt activity and that of his henchmen. Come Nov it's time to give him his pink slip.

King Trump says: 'Off with his head!'

tax stock transactions and consumer sales 7% fund basic income rich get it all back when we buy their goods.

Weaponizing dismissals to strike fear in GOP, affording himself total control over everyone. They can be seen but they cannot be heard.

How bout we remove Trump because We no longer (if ever) have any confidence in him!

As you like boss...

Is anyone surprised he is getting rid of people whose whole job it is to detect abuse and fraud. He wants it like trump tower he says get on your hands and knees and bark like a dog and you do it harrasment be dammed sexual assult be damed humanity be damed he is the anti christ

What does that mean? That the IMPEACHED IMBECILE can't count on this IG to blindly & cowardly be anthr silent enabler to the Mob Mentality & wrong do'gs of his minions/lapdogs/lackeys so time to get some1 who is, since Congress/laws are powerless to stop his corrupt/crooked acts?

Chances are, if you have to fire this many inspector generals. You have a criminal administration.

Cleared his throat did he?

Bury the firing after the Friday national news cycle. Cover the weekend talking heads shows with so much spinaway crap that by Monday we're all enamored with a new shiny piece of s**t ChosenBoy has pulled out of his ... mouth. Smh!

trump will fire anyone that does not agree with him . Trump is a danger to or democracy

Translation fire inspector general & anyone who is competent and might do their job of oversight which would expose trumps corruption incompetence and criminality!

I wish it were that easy to get rid of Trump.

USA never had any confidence in lying , cheating Trump , you're fired

Of course he doesn't.

We don’t have confidence in realDonaldTrump. He should expect his pink slip soon.

Oh I guess you just forgot to mention that he was listed as one of the people who unmasked Flynn, which would have nothing to do with his job. Or the fact he got caught undermining his superiors by trying to block access to DOJ documents to higher up and Durham. DeepStateExposed

Trump doesn't like people who tell the truth, he wants liars and thieves, and Trumpeets support this chaos!

What I say - full confidence in trump! Lmao. That’s a hard no!

Impeached trump is such a coward. Always, always, firing people, refusing to honor subpoenas! Always doing the actions a criminal does to hide and cover actions and behavior that is Obviously Criminal, against emoluments laws, against basic decency! Republican Senators Fault!

I have ZERO CONFIDENCE in Trump, can he remove himself too?

has no confidence that's how i feel about trump how 'bout he steps down haiku

CrookedDonald Swamp

You do you boo idc at this point good luck America

I no longer have confidence in the President. Where do I send a letter?

‘You’re Fired’ .... will someone please tell him he’s not on tv now. 😂😷🇺🇸

Taking out the trash

Can we do that to grumpy bear?

An Obama holdover was fired today after increasing evidence the former traitorous administration conspired to spy and over throw a duly elected president which is treasonous acts

The Trump Confidence Game continues

Swamp being drained....who's next?

That’s because if you don’t kiss Trump’s ass, your out. This is not a POTUS, this is a Mob Boss.

Well since most Americans have no confidence in YOU! YOU should remove yourself also!

Had enough yet? What do you say we ax this guy?

I dont have any confidence in him. We are the only cou tey with the death toll still rising unchecked. Lets fire him.

I have no confidence in you serial liar

trump gets rid of everyone who tells the truth. He fires them thinking they can no longer speak up.I have never in all my years see a pr. Fire so many people because he is scared of them and replaces them with criminals. His day will come and I want to see him in an orange suit.

Full confidence to carry out the corrupt activities of my cronies and sycophants.

The wheels are completely off and there isn’t a damn thing that can be done. He should be impeached again now. November is not a slam dunk and too long to wait for January 2021 to take the WH back, even if we happen to get lucky and win.

If the people of this country are paying attention and have any sense about them this nonsense will all be over in November.

because Linick had just initiated an investigation of Pompeo ConmanInChief

No accountability! This President can do whatever he wants.

America no longer has full confidence in trump...let’s fire him.

Can we remove realDonaldTrump?

Another reality TV roadkill: YoureFired 🙄

Engel will be fired next, then. Is there anyone left with a shred of integrity AND power?

Another one bites the dust! 😢🇺🇲

I do not have any confidence in Trump. Can I fire him? Please? Pretty please?

JUST IN: The American People would like to inform Congress of our intention to remove Don this November 'we never had full confidence in him'.

Say the rest

YES!

Someone call 911

fairANDbalanced reporting

Right, he has no confidence in anyone who won't suck his nutsack on demand.

Because the IG had opened an investigation into Pompeo. America be careful bit by bit you’re democracy is being ripped apart

GAYY

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