Pompeo on IG firing: 'Frankly should have done it some time ago'

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Source: The Hill

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday doubled down on his request to fire the State Department's internal watchdog, while also refusing to detail his reason for recommending the move.

“Frankly should have done it some time ago,” Pompeo said during a combative briefing with reporters at the State Department, referring to his request.

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Trump told reporters after he terminated Linick that he had done so on Pompeo’s recommendation and didn’t know the man, saying that he was an Obama appointee was reason enough to call for his termination.

Pompeo on Wednesday denied any knowledge of investigations being undertaken by Linick, saying charges of political retaliation are “patently false.”

“I’ve seen the various stories that someone was walking my dog to sell arms to my dry cleaner, I mean, it’s just crazy,” he said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/498730-pompeo-on-ig-firing-frankly-shouldve-done-it-some-time-ago

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[leftieNanner]

1. "Some time ago"

You mean - before he found confirming evidence of your wrong-doing??

Let's get these IGs in front of the House committees and ask them some questions.

[forgotmylogin]

8. Yeah, before they started investigating him.

I was just about to hit reply and say that.

[poli-junkie]

2. Jesus Christ -- these guys think they're invincible!

[IronLionZion]

3. They've gotten away with everything so far

[relayerbob]

4. Exactly how we'll feel when we fire your sorry ass

[bucolic_frolic]

5. But Pompeo's Emails! Pompeo's Coverup!

[Ford_Prefect]

6. The Reichsminister has spoken!

[Walleye]

7. Sounds guilty as hell to me

[maxrandb]

9. Pompeo is a scumbag and a pimp. Barely...NO... not even human

If he went to your school, you'd beat his ass everyday..

If your sister was thinking about dating him, you'd beat his ass.

If he walked into your bar, you'd beat his ass.

If he worked in the cubicle next to you, you'd beat his ass.

If you saw him on the bus, you'd beat his ass.

If he came over to cut your lawn, you'd beat his ass.

In fact, if he were not in politics, his entire life would be devoted to trying to not get his ass beat.

He's all too common in today's Retrumplican Party. 300lbs of ass mucus in a 100lb human sack, created, groomed and fertilized by Hate Radio.

In an America without Hate Radio, pompeo would spend his days skittish as a red mouse on Adderall in red tail hawk country.

Instead, he's the fucking secretary of fucking state.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Pompeo is the biggest threat to US democracy.

Trump’s moral failings matched to a working brain.