The now-fired State Department inspector general had recently wrapped up an investigation into another top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, determining that she had likely failed to report allegations of workplace violence
The now-fired State Department inspector general had recently wrapped up an investigation into two other top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, determining that they had likely failed to report allegations of workplace violence, a person familiar with the issue told POLITICO.
Henderson took over as the chief of the Office of Protocol last summer, after her former boss, Sean Lawler, was pushed out. Some in that office accused Lawler of intimidating and harassing his staffers, and even carrying around a whip on the job. Fisher previously had worked in the first lady’s office at the White House and also had worked for Christie in the past.
Appearing Wednesday at a news briefing at the State Department, Pompeo declined to elaborate on the circumstances that led to Linick’s firing. But the secretary emphasized it was he who recommended the inspector general be terminated, saying, “I frankly should have done it some time ago.” “I responded to those questions. I don’t know the scope, I don’t know the nature of that investigation, other than what I would have seen from the nature of the questions that I was presented,” Pompeo continued. “I did what was right. I don’t know if that investigation is continuing. I don’t know if that investigation has been closed out. I don’t have any sense of that.”
Pompeo did not directly address concerns about the protocol office, which handles a variety of tasks related to diplomatic engagements and encounters, ranging from handling gift giving involvingamong foreign leaders to explaining the proper behavior U.S. officials should display in other countries.
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