Washington (CNN) The State Department inspector general fired by President Donald Trump before he could complete investigations into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his office was looking into five matters of potential wrongdoing at the State Department, according to a transcript released by Congress Wednesday. The veteran inspector general told lawmakers that before his ouster, a senior Pompeo aide tried to "bully" him to stop pursuing the Saudi arms probe. He didn't take on the mission of the State Department to make us better," the secretary told reporters at the State Department. Linick told lawmakers of other ways in which those around Pompeo were aware of his lines of inquiry. Linick said that State Department officials got "some type of briefing" on his probe into the weapons sale to Saudi Arabia and other countries before he was fired.

Source: CNN June 10, 2020 13:55 UTC