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Fired watchdog was investigating Trump administration arms sales to Saudi Arabia - POLITICO
Looks like Trump is getting creative in looking for ways to circumvent the appropriations process so as to avoid repeating the mess that came up with Ukraine and Office of Management and Budget statutes pertaining to the distribution or withholding of those appropriations. Clearly he's still looking to cheat again.
The State Department inspector general who was fired by President Donald Trump late Friday night was investigating the president’s effort to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia without congressional approval, according to the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The revelation adds another layer to Trump’s decision to sack Steve Linick, who was also looking into claims that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife improperly directed political appointees to run personal errands for him, including walking his dog and picking up his dry cleaning.
“[Linick’s] office was investigating — at my request — Trump’s phony declaration of an emergency so he could send weapons to Saudi Arabia,” Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said in a statement to POLITICO. “We don’t have the full picture yet, but it’s troubling that Secretary Pompeo wanted Mr. Linick pushed out before this work could be completed.”
Looks like Trump is getting creative in looking for ways to circumvent the appropriations process so as to avoid repeating the mess that came up with Ukraine and Office of Management and Budget statutes pertaining to the distribution or withholding of those appropriations. Clearly he's still looking to cheat again.