PLAYBOOK PM: MICHAEL R. POMPEO was just 3 yrs into his natl political career when he was tapped to join the panel to probe the killing of a U.S. ambassador in Benghazi -- an investigation that ended up focusing intently on Secretary of State HILLARY CLINTON.
NOW, POMPEO is in Foggy Bottom, and Congress is beginning to take an intense interest in him.
TWO KEY HOUSE PANELS -- the Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees -- have sent a letter requesting documents of POMPEO and the State Department, probing a series of private dinners he hosted at the agency’s headquarters, and the replacement of the inspector general.
THE LETTER -- which the chairs sent to POMPEO this AM -- asked for any correspondence he has had wit WH on removing the inspector general, all guest lists for his dinners in Foggy Bottom, records of how they were paid for and whether he sought ethics guidance in holding soirees
OF COURSE, there’s a difference between an investigation into a murdered diplomat and one into glitzy dinners and a fired IG. But the tables have turned on POMPEO, and House Democrats are signaling that they believe it’s time for his turn in the ringer.
