On Saturday, the White House said in a statement that President Donald Trump had dismissed State Department Inspector General Steve Linick after Secretary of State Mike…
Republican Congressman Mitt Romney has lashed out at what he described as “unprecedented firings of multiple Inspectors General”, which he claimed “chills the independence essential to their purpose”.
The firings of multiple Inspectors General is unprecedented; doing sowithout good cause chills the independence essential to their purpose. It is a threat to accountable democracy and a fissure in the constitutional balance of power.
The remarks come a day after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi berated Trump for dismissing State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, slamming the move as part of a “dangerous pattern of retaliation”.
