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Grassley blocks nominees over Trump's inspector general firings

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Posted by 746 2020-06-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Grassley has been pressing the White House to provide a rationale for Trump’s decision to dismiss the intelligence community’s inspector general and his counterpart at the State Department, and has said responses from the White House have fallen short.

A better question would be: "What role did these IGs have in the coup to take down POTUS?"

Posted by JohnQC 2020-06-05 08:54|| 2020-06-05 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Linick, appointed to his post in September 2013, oversaw the cover-up of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
His May 2016 report was critical of Clinton,noting the Secretary failed to inform key department staff regarding her use of a private server. No punishment resulted.

Posted by b 2020-06-05 09:34|| 2020-06-05 09:34|| Front Page Top

#3 C'mon, Chuck. You know better than that. Any Intel IG who didn't blow the whistle years ago needs to get his ass canned.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-06-05 10:54|| 2020-06-05 10:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Who, exactly, is his constituency for this move?

Posted by Iblis 2020-06-05 12:10|| 2020-06-05 12:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Who, exactly, is his constituency for this move?

Personal ego. Chuck, not Trump, is the BMOC.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2020-06-05 22:54|| 2020-06-05 22:54|| Front Page Top

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