[UPDATED] Fired State Department IG Was Investigating Pompeo For Allegedly Having Staffer Walk His Dog. Pompeo Trolls Media.

Update: Various media outlets now report State Department Inspector General Steve Linick was looking into the Trump administration’s 2017 sale of arms to Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, without congressional approval.

Update 2: Pompeo told The Washington Post that he didn’t know Linick was investigating him when the secretary of state recommended the IG be fired. State Department undersecretary for management Brian Bulatao, told the outlet that officials had concern over Linick due to a “pattern of unauthorized disclosures or leaks” to the media about investigations still in early draft form, though he said there was no evidence Linick was personally responsible. Bulatao said the leaks, however, threatened to taint the investigations.