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The IG office cited the Vacancies Act to explain the latest in a series of departures.
The acting State Department inspector general will leave his post on Friday, a move the office claims was planned and was necessary due to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. This comes a day after the IG published a report on the secretary of State’s wife for which the department attacked the watchdog.
Acting IG Matthew Klimow’s departure is the latest in a series of shake-ups in the State inspector general’s office this year. In mid-May, President Trump informed Congress via a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., that he would fire State Department IG Steve Linick, at the request of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Pompeo said Linick was a “bad actor” who was not working to further the mission of the department, but it was also revealed that Linic