“If the Department cancelled the award because of public criticism of the President, it would be an affront to U.S. values and our tradition of promoting and defending freedom of speech around the world,” Democratic senators of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said in a statement.
Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have raised concerns about the State Department’s credibility after an investigation into the agency’s withdrawal of an award for an investigative journalist who publicly criticized President Donald Trump.
According to a statement by Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations committee sent to Newsweek, their “preliminary review” of the matter appeared to contradict the State Department’s official response. A spokesperson for the State Department told Newsweek:"We will fully cooperate with any OIG [Office of Inspector General] investigation. We are already taking steps to ensure that this does not happen again, and we would welcome additional recommendations from the OIG to improve our processes."“We admire Ms. Aro’s achievements as a journalist, which were the basis of U.S. Embassy Helsinki’s nomination,” they said, explaining that Aro had been “incorrectly notified.
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