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Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing

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[h=1]Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing[/h]State department inspector general Steve Linick was reportedly close to finishing his report before his dismissal on Friday

The government watchdog who was fired last week had been investigating the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for sidestepping Congress to approve arms sales to the Gulf and using staffers for personal errands, according to congressional sources.
Donald Trump declared his intention to fire the state department inspector general, Steve Linick, in a letter sent to the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, late on Friday night. The White House said the decision was taken at Pompeo’s advice.
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[h=2]Steve Linick: State Department official investigating Pompeo is fired[/h]

Congress has 30 days to investigate the decision, but the Senate has so far declined to intervene in a string of dismissals of officials in watchdog roles, as Trump has steadily dismantled the machinery of government oversight.

According to Democratic congressional aides, Linick had nearly completed an investigation into a highly controversial decision by Trump and Pompeo last May to approve $8bn in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without consulting Congress, on the grounds that the regional threat posed by Iran constituted a national emergency.
Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing | Mike Pompeo | The Guardian
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In the past six weeks, Trump has fired four separate administration department heads and all of them responsible for oversight of executive abuses. Trump's administration has decimated the inspector-general corps including the inspectors general for the intelligence community and for the Department of Health and Human Services and the acting inspector general for the Defense Dept.

If any of Trump supporters here can condone and support the abuse of power by Trump then you're all traitors to this county and enablers of an administration that's anti-democracy and autocratic.
 
HumblePi said:
[h=1]Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing[/h]State department inspector general Steve Linick was reportedly close to finishing his report before his dismissal on Friday

The government watchdog who was fired last week had been investigating the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for sidestepping Congress to approve arms sales to the Gulf and using staffers for personal errands, according to congressional sources.
Donald Trump declared his intention to fire the state department inspector general, Steve Linick, in a letter sent to the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, late on Friday night. The White House said the decision was taken at Pompeo’s advice.
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[h=2]Steve Linick: State Department official investigating Pompeo is fired[/h]

Congress has 30 days to investigate the decision, but the Senate has so far declined to intervene in a string of dismissals of officials in watchdog roles, as Trump has steadily dismantled the machinery of government oversight.

According to Democratic congressional aides, Linick had nearly completed an investigation into a highly controversial decision by Trump and Pompeo last May to approve $8bn in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without consulting Congress, on the grounds that the regional threat posed by Iran constituted a national emergency.
Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing | Mike Pompeo | The Guardian
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In the past six weeks, Trump has fired four separate administration department heads and all of them responsible for oversight of executive abuses. Trump's administration has decimated the inspector-general corps including the inspectors general for the intelligence community and for the Department of Health and Human Services and the acting inspector general for the Defense Dept.

If any of Trump supporters here can condone and support the abuse of power by Trump then you're all traitors to this county and enablers of an administration that's anti-democracy and autocratic.
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The deep state is losing another one.

Too bad...so sad.
 
Trump says presidents fire inspector generals all the time. He said Obama fired over a dozen of them.
 
HumblePi said:
[h=1]Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing[/h]State department inspector general Steve Linick was reportedly close to finishing his report before his dismissal on Friday

The government watchdog who was fired last week had been investigating the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for sidestepping Congress to approve arms sales to the Gulf and using staffers for personal errands, according to congressional sources.
Donald Trump declared his intention to fire the state department inspector general, Steve Linick, in a letter sent to the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, late on Friday night. The White House said the decision was taken at Pompeo’s advice.
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[h=2]Steve Linick: State Department official investigating Pompeo is fired[/h]

Congress has 30 days to investigate the decision, but the Senate has so far declined to intervene in a string of dismissals of officials in watchdog roles, as Trump has steadily dismantled the machinery of government oversight.

According to Democratic congressional aides, Linick had nearly completed an investigation into a highly controversial decision by Trump and Pompeo last May to approve $8bn in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without consulting Congress, on the grounds that the regional threat posed by Iran constituted a national emergency.
Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing | Mike Pompeo | The Guardian
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In the past six weeks, Trump has fired four separate administration department heads and all of them responsible for oversight of executive abuses. Trump's administration has decimated the inspector-general corps including the inspectors general for the intelligence community and for the Department of Health and Human Services and the acting inspector general for the Defense Dept.

If any of Trump supporters here can condone and support the abuse of power by Trump then you're all traitors to this county and enablers of an administration that's anti-democracy and autocratic.
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I've never seen so many claims of, watcdogs, or whistleblowers or government needed investigations into the lives of members of the Presidential administration. Sounds like a communist plot by one party to oust the other.
 
swing_voter said:
Trump says presidents fire inspector generals all the time. He said Obama fired over a dozen of them.
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Name four that were fired within six weeks and one of them investigating the Secretary of State.

Did you know that Pompeo's aides were tasked with jobs such as walking his dog, picking up Chinese food for him and getting his dry cleaning? Did you know that Mike Pompeo's wife has an office in the CIA building even though she doesn't work for the CIA or for the government for that matter? Oh all this is also under investigation but that's small change compared to selling arms to Saudi Arabia after sanctioning them for murdering an American resident.
 
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That....that unfortunately seems about right.
 
HumblePi said:
[h=1]Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing[/h]State department inspector general Steve Linick was reportedly close to finishing his report before his dismissal on Friday

The government watchdog who was fired last week had been investigating the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for sidestepping Congress to approve arms sales to the Gulf and using staffers for personal errands, according to congressional sources.
Donald Trump declared his intention to fire the state department inspector general, Steve Linick, in a letter sent to the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, late on Friday night. The White House said the decision was taken at Pompeo’s advice.
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[h=2]Steve Linick: State Department official investigating Pompeo is fired[/h]

Congress has 30 days to investigate the decision, but the Senate has so far declined to intervene in a string of dismissals of officials in watchdog roles, as Trump has steadily dismantled the machinery of government oversight.

According to Democratic congressional aides, Linick had nearly completed an investigation into a highly controversial decision by Trump and Pompeo last May to approve $8bn in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without consulting Congress, on the grounds that the regional threat posed by Iran constituted a national emergency.
Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing | Mike Pompeo | The Guardian
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In the past six weeks, Trump has fired four separate administration department heads and all of them responsible for oversight of executive abuses. Trump's administration has decimated the inspector-general corps including the inspectors general for the intelligence community and for the Department of Health and Human Services and the acting inspector general for the Defense Dept.

If any of Trump supporters here can condone and support the abuse of power by Trump then you're all traitors to this county and enablers of an administration that's anti-democracy and autocratic.
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It has become clear that so called government "oversight" is full of partisans who are working against the administration of the elected President and not in the interest of the country but rather to further power of the opposition party.
 
Mycroft said:
The deep state is losing another one.

Too bad...so sad.
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Your comment is right on par with Q-Anon. Do you want to admit you are a member?
 
Mycroft said:
The deep state is losing another one.

Too bad...so sad.
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Deep state = anyone who holds Trump responsible for shady acts

So proud of your support, sycophant!
 
Redress said:
Deep state...:rofl

That is right up there with Q-Anon...
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It's their go-to conspiracy theory. It can't be that Trump sucks, or is corrupt, or has caused all this. It's that absolutely everyone else is out to get him. "This is everyone's fault but my own" - The Trump Excuse.
 
Mycroft said:
The deep state is losing another one. Too bad...so sad.
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An Inspector General's job is to conduct investigations and audits into any potential malfeasance, fraud, waste, or abuse by that agency or its personnel, and issues reports and recommendations on its findings. An IG office is intended to operate independently. Could it be that Trump doesn't want anyone in his administration that will be responsible to oversee what he's doing to make sure it's legal?

Trump fired Michael Atkinson who was Trump's own appointee for Dept of Justice Attorney General. What 'swamp' did he come out of?

Christi Grimm was filling the top role of IG in an acting capacity, she was fired after she signed off on a report that described a gloomy situation for doctors and medical staff working on the front line.

He fired State Dept IG Steve Linick after Trump had learned his office had opened an investigation into Mike Pompeo.

Trump removed Glenn Fine as acting IG for the Defense Department. This meant that Fine would no longer chair the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee whose responsibility was overseeing $2 trillion in emergency coronavirus funding.

Isn't it a coincidence that each of these people that Trump fired were also preparing or ready to release reports that were bad for Trump or Pompeo? Isn't it a coincidence that their oversight would make Trump and Pompeo culpable for mismanagement and graft? Yes, that's exactly why they were fired.
 
Can we expect a breathtakingly filled with outrage commentary from right wing darling Michelle Malkin today calling for an end to Trump's "war on watchdogs"?

Stop Obama's War On Watchdogs

A Commentary By Michelle Malkin



Wednesday, October 21, 2015

In the sadistic era of fraudulent Hope and Change, inspectors general inside the federal government have been kicked, neutered and starved of the authority and information they need to do their jobs.

It's transparently clear: President Obama loathes and fears independent watchdogs.

Accountability is an empty talking point without whistleblower protection and investigative autonomy. That is why Capitol Hill must do everything in its power to stop the White House war on the public's ombudsmen. Federal inspector generals across dozens of agencies are begging lawmakers to grant them access to public records as guaranteed by the 1978 Inspector General Act.

The call for help comes as Obama administration obstructionists and cover-up operatives impede and downplay several key investigations into government corruption and malfeasance


More spittle here:

Stop Obama's War On Watchdogs - Rasmussen Reports(R)
 
HumblePi said:
[h=1]Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing[/h]State department inspector general Steve Linick was reportedly close to finishing his report before his dismissal on Friday

The government watchdog who was fired last week had been investigating the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for sidestepping Congress to approve arms sales to the Gulf and using staffers for personal errands, according to congressional sources.
Donald Trump declared his intention to fire the state department inspector general, Steve Linick, in a letter sent to the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, late on Friday night. The White House said the decision was taken at Pompeo’s advice.
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[h=2]Steve Linick: State Department official investigating Pompeo is fired[/h]

Congress has 30 days to investigate the decision, but the Senate has so far declined to intervene in a string of dismissals of officials in watchdog roles, as Trump has steadily dismantled the machinery of government oversight.

According to Democratic congressional aides, Linick had nearly completed an investigation into a highly controversial decision by Trump and Pompeo last May to approve $8bn in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without consulting Congress, on the grounds that the regional threat posed by Iran constituted a national emergency.
Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing | Mike Pompeo | The Guardian
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In the past six weeks, Trump has fired four separate administration department heads and all of them responsible for oversight of executive abuses. Trump's administration has decimated the inspector-general corps including the inspectors general for the intelligence community and for the Department of Health and Human Services and the acting inspector general for the Defense Dept.

If any of Trump supporters here can condone and support the abuse of power by Trump then you're all traitors to this county and enablers of an administration that's anti-democracy and autocratic.
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Truly, a Gangster's Paradise is Washington DC.
 
Mycroft said:
The deep state is losing another one.

Too bad...so sad.
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so, do you believe it is okay to use taxpayer funds to pay for your housekeeping, dog walking and then to sell guns to terrorists is just fine? I would bet my house that if the person in charge was not Trump and was Obama that you would be in the streets with signs demanding explinations and impeachment. There is no deep state...the deep state is Trump and his corrupt cronies.
 
ClaraD said:
so, do you believe it is okay to use taxpayer funds to pay for your housekeeping, dog walking and then to sell guns to terrorists is just fine? I would bet my house that if the person in charge was not Trump and was Obama that you would be in the streets with signs demanding explinations and impeachment. There is no deep state...the deep state is Trump and his corrupt cronies.
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LOL!!

Deflection is your middle name, dear, and hypocrisy is your last name.

Don't talk to me about "sell guns to terrorists". Where was that IG when Obama knowingly supplied more than guns...actual weapons of war...to ISIS?

That's why I call that IG puke deep state. He gives Obama a pass and then makes **** up about anyone associated with Trump. He got what all those deep state pukes deserve: A kick in the ass.
 
Mycroft said:
LOL!!

Deflection is your middle name, dear, and hypocrisy is your last name.

Don't talk to me about "sell guns to terrorists". Where was that IG when Obama knowingly supplied more than guns...actual weapons of war...to ISIS?

That's why I call that IG puke deep state. He gives Obama a pass and then makes **** up about anyone associated with Trump. He got what all those deep state pukes deserve: A kick in the ass.
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your allegation is bunk and absolutely false...you need to spend less time listening to 8chan and bs and more walking out in the sunshine seeing the light of day

Did Obama 'Order the CIA to Train Islamic State'?
 
Mycroft said:
LOL!!

Deflection is your middle name, dear, and hypocrisy is your last name.

Don't talk to me about "sell guns to terrorists". Where was that IG when Obama knowingly supplied more than guns...actual weapons of war...to ISIS?

That's why I call that IG puke deep state. He gives Obama a pass and then makes **** up about anyone associated with Trump. He got what all those deep state pukes deserve: A kick in the ass.
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Link to Obama knowingly supplying guns to ISIS.
 
Mycroft said:
Can you read? I didn't say anything about training ISIS.

You are dismissed. (see my sig)
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he didn't sell them weapons either. That was addressed in that link. I also notice you intentionally left out the part about commenting on Pompeo illegally using taxpayer money to fund his housekeeping issues.
 
ClaraD said:
he didn't sell them weapons either. That was addressed in that link. I also notice you intentionally left out the part about commenting on Pompeo illegally using taxpayer money to fund his housekeeping issues.
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I noticed Mycroft didn't post the link like I asked him to.
 
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An employee may not use the official time of another employee for anything other than official business. The use of any government property, including computers and the Internet, for any partisan political activities is always prohibited.

Department of Justice employees are generally authorized to make minimal personal use of most office equipment and library facilities where the cost to the Government is negligible and on an employee's own time. 28 C.F.R. § 45.4. This is the Department's de minimis use policy, and would permit an employee to send a short, personal electronic message to another individual. However, personal messages sent to large groups of people and messages sent to disseminate information on non-Governmental activities, such as charitable events and causes, commercial activities such as personal businesses, and religious observances, are prohibited.

If an employee of the Department of Justice has questions about the Department's rules covering the limitations on personal use of government equipment and resources, or questions about whether planned personal use of office equipment is permitted, she should consult with her supervisor, or her ethics official.


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(b) Use of a subordinate's time. An employee shall not encourage, direct, coerce, or request a subordinate to use official time to perform activities other than those required in the performance of official duties or authorized in accordance with law or regulation.

Example 1: An employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development may not ask his secretary to type his personal correspondence during duty hours. Further, directing or coercing a subordinate to perform such activities during nonduty hours constitutes an improper use of public office for private gain in violation of §2635.702(a). Where the arrangement is entirely voluntary and appropriate compensation is paid, the secretary may type the correspondence at home on her own time. Where the compensation is not adequate, however, the arrangement would involve a gift to the superior in violation of the standards in subpart C of this part.
 
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