Michelle Cottle is a member of The New York Times editorial board, focusing on U.S. politics. She has covered Washington and politics since the Clinton administration. She joined The Times in 2018 as the editorial board's national political writer after reporting on the nation's capital as a contributing editor for The Atlantic.
As it turns out, Pompeo asked the president to ax Linick while the inspector general was in the midst of investigating potential misconduct by … Pompeo.