Why State Department Employees Despise Mike Pompeo
Chip Somodevilla/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The most shocking thing about President Donald Trump’s decision to fire State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on Friday was how routine and predictable it felt. Linick, the fourth independent watchdog the president has recently purged, had been investigating Secretary of…
Trump Fires State Department Watchdog Who Provided Ukraine Documents to Congress
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Friday night, President Donald Trump fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, replacing him with Ambassador Stephen Akard, an ally of Vice President Mike Pence. The move, which angered Congressional Democrats, is the fourth firing of such an independent watchdog…
Amid Insider Trading Probe, Burr Steps Down as Intelligence Chair
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) listens to testimony during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on May 12, 2020.Win McNamee /Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is stepping down as the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee after federal agents…
Trump’s DOJ to Drop Charges Against Michael Flynn, Who Pled Guilty Twice
Michael Flynn leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on June 24, 2019.Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Justice Department has moved to drop its criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pled guilty in late 2017 to lying to the…
The COVID Relief Bill Set Aside $8 Billion for Native Tribes. Corporations Could Get Half.
An Arizona National Guard helicopter takes off to deliver medical supplies to the remote Navajo Nation on March 31, 2020.Ross D. Franklin/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.During a Friday morning virtual town hall about coronavirus in Native American communities, Jonathan Nez, president of the Navajo Nation,…
Trump Fired a Government Watchdog for Doing His Job. Congress Isn’t Stopping Him.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, talks with reporters on the Senate subway on Tuesday, February 25, 2020Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In June 2009, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), lit into President Barack Obama for firing Gerald Walpin as inspector general at…