--NOW ON YOUTUBE!... What, specifically was Linick doing that he wasn't supposed to be doing

, announced that they have launched a probe into Trump's firing of Linick.... " We unalterably oppose the

official previously confirmed to CNN that Pompeo recommended Linick be removed, but they did not

State Department to investigate the Bidens.... Linick outlined allegations that State Department

That is no longer the case with regard to this Inspector General," Trump said in a letter sent late Friday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.... The letter states the dismissal is effective in 30 days.... " I have learned that the Office of the Inspector General had opened an investigation into Secretary Pompeo," Engel said in his statement denouncing the firing....

Johnson, the Republican chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, told Tapper that he" spoke with senior officials both in the White House and the State Department" and that he understands the reasoning.... But on CBS'" Face the Nation," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hadn't received any additional reasoning.... " This is new to us and typical of the White House--announcing something that is very unsavory, they would do it late on a Friday night," Pelosi said....

" They are presidentially confirmed positions, and those persons just like all of us serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States.... This is all coming through the office of Senator Menendez," Pompeo said.... " I don't get my ethics guidance from a man who was criminally prosecuted, Case Number 15-155, in New Jersey Federal District Court....

On Friday night, the Department of Transportation named Howard Elliott, the administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, as its new acting inspector general, a department spokesman confirmed to CNN.... Elliott will also stay on as the head of the pipeline administration, the spokesman added.... The Washington Post first reported the move....

Pompeo did that by declaring an “ emergency ” in May 2019 over Iran’s activities in the region.... Its finding is the first conclusion from an internal administration inquiry into the impact of the weapons exports.... Pompeo, the other one centered on potential misuse of taxpayer resources....

Washington( CNN) To end Sunday's" State of the Union" on CNN, anchor Jake Tapper took a few moments to address President Donald Trump's firings of inspectors general.... Below is a full transcript of Tapper's remarks: While most of the nation has been focused on the economic and health consequences of this horrific pandemic, President Trump has been at least partly focused on purging independent inspectors general from his administration.... Most recently, on Friday night when State Department