House Democrats are investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo possibly using his security detail to run personal errands, according to a Monday CNN report.
A “key House congressional committee” (staffers asked CNN not to name the committee) is looking into Pompeo allegedly using security officials as “UberEats with guns.”
A whistleblower in the State Department reportedly told Democrats that Pompeo asked an agent to pick up some Chinese food (the secretary himself was not in the car). Another security agent was tasked with picking up Pompeo’s dog from the groomer.
The whistleblower also gave Democrats a document that detailed a request from Pompeo’s office asking agents to pick up Pompeo’s son, who is an adult, from a train station in D.C.
“I was head of Secretary Pompeo’s security detail since his first day on the job,” the Diplomatic Security chief, Lon Fairchild, told CNN in a statement. “At no point during my service did he or any member of his family ask me or any member of my team to act in any way that would be inconsistent with our professional obligation to protect the Secretary 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.”
However, CNN noted that Fairchild didn’t actually deny that Pompeo had been ordering the agents to carry out the tasks.
Either ‘it never happened’ or, 'occasionally, this might have happened when Mr. Pompeo was trying to stay on schedule." That would have worked, EXCEPT THE PICKING UP HIS SON CRAP!
Pompeo is just one more stupid Trump grifter sucking out the soul of what used to be honorable public service.
I see this as a proof that Republicans can’t learn. Can’t learn that when other fellow cabinet members had to resign because of a similar behavior, or they aren’t saying their prayers to correctly.
On the bright side at least it wasn’t a used mattress from Trump hotel, and tactical pants. (really who wants to see Pompous Ass in tactical pants)
And I bet he doesn’t tip, either…
Suspect this was leaked by opponents of Pompeo to the committee as Trump is planning to drop him. Javanka will be the acting secretary of state until Trump decides to replace Pence w/Ivanka on the ticket.
Hey, let’s not all overreact here.
It’s not like he traveled to Morocco with his entire entourage to lobby for Carl Icahn. And stayed overnight in Paris on the way. Or built a sound proof booth in his office at taxpayer expense. Or sent his staff to get him Hermes hand moisturizer. I mean when does all the nitpicking end?