Pompeo says he asked Trump to fire watchdog for ‘undermining’ State

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a Monday interview with The Washington Post said he did not know a fired inspector general was investigating his own conduct, and that he’d recommended the firing because he believed the State Department IG was “undermining” the work of the agencyPompeo told the Post he recommended Inspector General Steve Linick’s firing because he believed the independent watchdog was not acting in a way that the secretary…