Pelosi wants Trump to justify sacking of State IG

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday demanded that President Trump explain his abrupt firing of the State Department inspector general.In a letter to the president, Pelosi noted that, while Trump informed Congress of the decision to remove Steve Linick within 30 days, he provided no rationale behind it, as required by law.Instead, in a letter to Pelosi on Friday, Trump cited the importance of a president having “the fullest confidence” in…