youthathletics wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 9:01 am
So which is it MD.
1 - Were you citing Fox because they were right
OR
2. Because you wanted prove they are always wrong
Just the first to come up at that moment when I googled.
But they were not alone in asserting that it was Pompeo's recommendation, Trump's final decision.
Their article also covered that there's supposed to be a 30 day notice and explanation of such firing...by the President.
Others:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52688658
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/16/pompeo- ... neral.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/politics ... index.html
Looks to me like the AP reporting was the basis of several others, and preceded the article from Fox regarding the reaction, as well as the clarification of Pompeo recommending, Trump removing.
In either case (I don't know what did or did not happen other than Trump's own announcement that'd 'lost confidence' in Linick), the fundamental issue is an IG whose bloody job it is to independently investigate wrongdoing within a particular agency shouldn't be getting fired by those he/she's responsible for investigating.
It's supposed to be a Presidential nomination with Congressional acceptance and, in theory, a possible removal by the President with oversight by Congress.
These are post-Watergate era reforms that are being unwound.