Exclusive: Emails obtained by @McClatchy show the Pompeos sought personal assistance of senior State Department staff, who expressed discomfort at requests they conduct personal errands on government time. (w/ @BryanLowry3) kansascity.com/news/politics-…
"I’m wondering if we are sending the last of our personal cards out, who will be there to help me," Susan Pompeo wrote to a senior @StateDept aide from a personal email account. "Mike will not want to go outside you and Joe for this assistance." kansascity.com/news/politics-…
The exchange is the first publication of emails documenting the Pompeos directing government employees to conduct their personal business while at work on taxpayer dollars, the topic of an ongoing inquiry by the State Department inspector general’s office. kansascity.com/news/politics-…
“I'd worry about asking others for personal things,” one top aide wrote another. kansascity.com/news/politics-…
With two of their senior advisers out of the office the week of Christmas, it fell on a career Foreign Service officer serving as executive secretary at the State Department to complete the Pompeos' personal holiday cards. kansascity.com/news/politics-…
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