"Steve Linick was a bad actor," says Mike Pompeo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMyr6n_XDasCan Biden Reverse Trump’s Damage to the State Department? | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/can-biden-reverse-trumps-damage-to-the-state-departmentEngel Statement on the Firing of Inspector General Linick - Press Releases - House Foreign Affairs Committee
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/2020/5/engel-statement-on-the-firing-of-inspector-general-linickEx-State watchdog says he was fired after trying to interview Pompeo - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/03/state-department-linick-300064Inspector General of the Department of State - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_Department_of_StatePompeo Declined Interview Request From Inspector General About Saudi Arms Sales - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/us/politics/mike-pompeo-state-department-inspector-general-saudi-arabi.htmlPompeo Defends Firing of Inspector General, Denying It Was Retaliation - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/us/politics/mike-pompeo-state-inspector-general.htmlPompeo confidant emerges as enforcer in fight over watchdog’s firing - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/10/pompeo-confidant-emerges-as-enforcer-in-fight-over-watchdogs-firing-311466Pompeo denies impropriety in firing of State Dept. watchdog
https://apnews.com/fe51c343430064ed581706f355333511Pompeo reveals findings of investigation into Kansas travel cleared him of violations
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article243069346.htmlPompeo's elite taxpayer-funded dinners raise new concerns
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pompeo-s-elite-taxpayer-funded-dinners-raise-new-concerns-n1210746Saudi arms sale was a second area of investigation for fired State Department watchdog
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/saudi-arms-sale-was-second-area-investigation-fired-state-department-n1209521Steve Linick: Fired State Department inspector general was cleared in leak inquiry prior to his removal, sources say - CNNPolitics
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/politics/steve-linick-cleared-leak-inquiry/index.htmlTop Democrats Open Investigation Into Ouster of State Dept. Inspector General - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/us/politics/linick-investigation-pompeo.htmlTrump Removes State Dept. Inspector General - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/us/politics/trump-state-dept-inspector-general.htmlTrump ousts State Department watchdog
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/15/state-department-inspector-general-fired-261536