Top congressional Democrats opened an inquiry Saturday into Pompeo's removal of the government watchdog.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Monday he preferred for government employees to wash Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's dishes if his wife or child weren't present, to allow him to do his work.
“If Secretary Pompeo is involved in firing his IG – who is heading up that investigation – then that is definitely retaliatory,” the person said. 'This will kill you': Here's what people are saying about Trump's claim he is taking hydroxychloroquine The President continued that maybe Pompeo was "busy, and maybe he's negotiating with Kim Jong Un, OK, about nuclear weapons. So that he'd say, 'Please, could you walk my dog? Do you mind walking my dog? I'm talking to Kim Jong Un.' Or, 'I'm talking to President Xi about paying us for some of the damage they've caused to the world and to us, please walk my dog.
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