Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday dismissed Democratic and Republican lawmakers’ concerns about President Donald Trump firing a watchdog responsible for investigating the State Department. The president fired Steve Linick on Friday, saying he “no longer” had the “fullest confidence” in the State Department’s inspector general. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel called the firing an “unlawful act of retaliation.”Linick is the fourth inspector general Trump has fired in less than two months. Johnson downplayed his congressional colleagues’ concerns that Trump may have fired the IG to protect someone close to him. “My guess is this will all come out,” said Johnson, who has long been a vocal Trump ally.

Source: Huffington Post May 18, 2020 00:33 UTC