Pompeo Accuses Former Watchdog of Undermining State Department

Then-State Department Inspector General Steve Linick departs the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 2, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick of undermining the mission of the department and of being a “bad actor.”

Pompeo made the remarks during a press conference on the occasion of the release of the State Department’s annual international religious freedom report.