FIRED: IG Steve Linick, who oversaw the investigation into fmr Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server REMOVED!   IG Steve Linick, who oversaw the investigation into fmr Sec. of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server Okay most headlines are more along the lines of  "State Department inspector general becomes the latest watchdog fired by Trump" though one was fairly neutral "Trump Removes State Department Inspector General Steve Linick " However, (not surprisingly) MSM is conveying Dems outrage in slanted coverage of the story. But this one article, while also very partisan, had more details than others so I'm quoting info from it and inserting links that are more relevant to back story imho.   “It is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as Inspectors General. 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. Linick will be replaced by Ambassador Stephen Akard, who currently directs the department's Office of Foreign Missions.  The late-Friday-night announcement mirrors the dismissal of former Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson last month … Linick, who was first appointed as an inspector general by Obama, had a small role in the impeachment inquiry. Linick gave a private briefing to bipartisan staff from eight House and Senate committees and gave them documents that the State Department had received from Trump’s private attorney Rudy Giuliani... Those of which included ... allegations of wrongdoing against Biden and former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. By doing this, Linick broke ranks with State Department leadership who vowed not to cooperate with the investigation. A senior State Department official confirmed that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the recommendation that Linick be removed, but the official did not know the reasons why. The decision to choose Akard as his successor was done in consultation with his management team, but Pompeo ultimately made the decision, the official said. (a source claimed that) senior staff in the State Department Inspector General’s office were blindsided. Akard has been named under the vacancies act to bypass Linick’s deputy, Diana Shaw, who just assumed the role this month after having shifted from the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General’s office. CBS first reported Pompeo’s role. Linick began his job in September 2013. He previously was a Justice Department prosecutor and worked as a top Department of Justice fraud official. He also served as the first Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. At the State Department, Linick oversaw the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. His May 2016 report on the probe was critical of Clinton, saying the former secretary failed to follow the rules or inform key department staff regarding her use of the private server. Democrats are puffing up like blow fish over the firing of Linick and other IGs. Within a week of removing Michael Atkinson, Trump removed the acting inspector general for the Defense Department, Glenn Fine, from his post. Fine’s removal from the top job made him no longer eligible to chair an accountability committee tasked with overseeing coronavirus emergency funds.