Pompeo: ‘Impossible’ for Firing of Inspector General to be Retaliatory

Pompeo: ‘Impossible’ for Firing of Inspector General to be Retaliatory
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington on May 20, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP
Zachary Stieber
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday confirmed he asked President Donald Trump to fire the State Department inspector general but insisted it wasn’t done in retaliation.

“Let’s be clear: there are claims this was for retaliation for some investigation that the inspector general’s office here was engaged in. That’s patently false. I have no sense what investigations were taking place inside the inspector general’s office,” Pompeo told reporters in Washington.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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