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Trump fires State Department Inspector General Steve Linick

By Spencer Neale
Published May 16, 2020 3:29am ET
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Trump fires State Department Inspector General Steve Linick
State Department Inspector 9eneral Steve Linick leaves a meeting in a secure area at the Capitol where he met with Senate staff about the State Department and Ukraine, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP

President Trump ousted the State Department’s independent watchdog, removing yet another inspector general he says lost his confidence.

In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent late on Friday evening, Trump said Inspector General Steve Linick will be of no more use to his administration and has been removed, effective 30 days from now.

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