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State Department watchdog ousted Inspector general Steve Linick is to be replaced by Amb. Stephen Akard.

 

State Department Inspector General Steve Linick has been fired, according to a senior administration official and a congressional aide.

 

Linick, a Justice Department veteran appointed to the role in 2013 by then President Barack Obama, is the latest of a slew of inspectors general to be ousted in recent months.

 

He played a minor role in the House of Representatives' impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, ferrying a trove of documents to lawmakers that had been provided to the State Department by Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer.

 

A State Department spokesperson said that Amb. Stephen Akard, a former career Foreign Service officer, "will now lead the Office of the Inspector General at the State Department," noting that Akard was previously confirmed by the Senate as head of the department's Office of Foreign Missions.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/15/state-department-inspector-general-fired-261536

 

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