Two top Democrats have begun an investigation into the late-night firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, following concerns that the move may be politically motivated.
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), who chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced the probe May 16, saying that they had requested the White House, State Department, and the State Department Office of Inspector General to preserve all records related to the firing and to hand over those documents to the two committees by May 22.
