Posted on 06/01/2020 8:50:37 AM PDT by weston
State Department accuses fired IG of obtaining official documents, accessing office after dismissal
By Rich Edson, Alex Pappas | Fox News
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EXCLUSIVE: A top State Department official has accused Steve Linick, the department’s fired inspector general, of contacting a former colleague, obtaining official documents and returning to his former office — all in violation of the terms of his administrative leave, Fox News has learned.
In a letter to Linick’s attorney, obtained by Fox News, the State Department Under Secretary for Management Brian Bulatao says “in the days before his Congressional testimony, he sent a text message to the Deputy Inspector General, Diana Shaw, requesting a copy of the DOD IG report on the origins of a leak of a draft State OIG report to the media last fall. Without informing her own chain of command, we understand that Ms. Shaw then contacted the DOD Office of Inspector General to request a copy of the report on Mr. Linick’s behalf.”
Bulatao also wrote that “it is not clear what Mr. Linick’s motivation was, but it was inappropriate for him to seek the DOD IG report through the State OIG, given that he was, at the time, on administrative leave pursuant to a decision by the President with a new Acting Inspector General in place.”
The official added: “His apparent urgency is all the more unusual given that Mr. Linick had repeatedly refused to share the DOD IG report with anyone in the State Department itself.”
Bulatao also claims Linick “repeatedly returned to his former office without seeking authorization from his Department reporting chain, also contrary to the clear instructions he received.”
An attorney for Linick did not immediately return a request for comment from Fox News.
Yes, I drooled over the flavors! Lemon sounds good too
“I call that common sense, not bigotry”
Excellent article
That is too funny!!..lol
Yep ALL of the channels I watch to avoid the news every damn channel that reruns of shows that are NOT PC!!!
New President Trump campaign video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUITagvwJXw
2 nights of this crap.
If you don’t watch, you MUST be racist
I think it’s because she has her pants on backwards.
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Have a great Birthday Rusty.
And how old are we? (me 73)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCJSNMqub8g
Thanks!
My son lives in Plano. He says there’s a lot of well to do Indians there and Frisco.
Lolo is anyone watching Hannity? Hahaha Leo and some dude named Cornel West are going full meltdown with each other. So funny.
I was just watching it. Insanity by Cornell West. Leo Terrell has become reasonable amazing .
Lol.
My DIL got a strawberry cake from there for her son’s birthday and it was very good.
How fun to have that so close to home!
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