Top Democrat Announces Bill to Protect Inspectors General From Removal

Top Democrat Announces Bill to Protect Inspectors General From Removal
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 12, 2018. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
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Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says that he will introduce a bill that seeks to “protect inspectors general for the State Department and other Foreign Affairs agencies from removal,” and boost Congress’s ability to “review attempts to remove inspectors general.”

Menendez’s announcement comes just days after President Donald Trump announced his intention to remove State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.