A newly released whistleblower complaint from a State Department employee alleges 'questionable activities' by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and efforts by department leadership to block questions and to order staff to continue the unnamed activities.
At the time, the OIG was investigating Pompeo's role in the use of an emergency authority to bypass Congress and sell Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates $8 billion in arms and his use of staff to run personal errands for him and his wife.
Pompeo has denied that Linick's firing was retaliation, at first saying he was unaware of any investigations and then saying while he answered questions about the arms sale probe, he didn't know the full scope.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo disembarks an airplane in London, July 20, 2020."Someone was walking my dog to sell arms to my dry cleaner. I mean, it's all just crazy," he said in May.
It's unclear if those two probes are related to the behavior described in the complaint, which was released to the left-leaning watchdog group American Oversight as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. At least some of the information that is redacted is because there is an ongoing investigation into it, according to a letter from the OIG's acting counsel to American Oversight.Pompeo's tenure has come under increased scrutiny in recent months -- especially after Linick's firing -- and focused on his own political future.
While he long denied he was running for an open Senate seat from Kansas, four trips to his adopted home state last year fueled speculation. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., evenSecretary of State Mike Pompeo disembarks an airplane in London, July 20, 2020.Hannah McKay/WPA Pool/Getty Images
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