Trump Says Pompeo Asked Him to Fire State Department Watchdog
- ‘I was happy to do it,’ Trump says, referring to the dismissal
- Trump says he’s been treated unfairly by inspectors general
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President Donald Trump said Secretary of State Michael Pompeo asked him to fire the State Department’s inspector general, Steve Linick.
“I don’t know the gentleman,” Trump said Monday at the White House during a meeting with restaurateurs at the White House. “I was happy to do it. Mike requested that I do it.”