Trump fires State Department's inspector general due to "lack of confidence".

The termination was noted in a letter to congressional officials and said the State Department inspector general would be released in 30 days.
Steve Linick was appointed by former President Obama in 2013.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also condemned Linick’s ouster, saying he had been “punished for honorably performing his duty to protect the Constitution and our national security.”
Rep. Eliot Engel noted the Office of the Inspector General had opened an investigation into Secretary Mike Pompeo to see if he misused a political appointee.
Linick will replaced by Stephen Akard, a former career foreign service officer who has close ties to Vice President Mike Pence.