When will Trump drain the swamp, a rhetorical question.
Exclusive: Pompeo's elite taxpayer-funded dinners set off alarm bells in the State Department
As federal workers file out of the State Department at the end of a Washington workday, an elite group is often just arriving in the marbled, flag-lined lobby: Billionaire CEOs, Supreme Court justices, political heavyweights and ambassadors arrive in evening attire as they’re escorted by private elevator to dinner with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
State Department officials involved in the dinners said they raised concerns internally that the events are essentially using federal resources to cultivate a donor and supporter base for Pompeo’s political ambitions — complete with extensive contact information that gets sent back to the personal email of Pompeo’s wife, according to an NBC News investigation.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pompeo-s-elite-taxpayer-funded-dinners-raise-new-concerns-n1210746?cid=eml_nbn_20200519
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