As a private citizen with no official role, Susan Pompeo used a private email account to assign official work to a top State Department staffer on behalf of her husband, the secretary, according to newly released testimony. (w/ @BryanLowry3) kansascity.com/news/politics-…
Susan Pompeo’s influence over official personnel and activities at the State Department has raised concerns on Capitol Hill and within the department, contributing to an ongoing inquiry in the inspector general’s office. kansascity.com/news/politics-…
“The work that I get assigned is from the Secretary,” Toni Porter, a longtime confidante and aide to Pompeo from his Kansas days, told the @HouseForeign committee. “There are times that Mrs. Pompeo relays that work to me.” kansascity.com/news/politics-…
Porter confirmed the inquiry is ongoing and that she was recently interviewed "about misuse of government resources by a member of the executive branch." kansascity.com/news/politics-…
In 2015, Pompeo called Clinton "deeply inconsistent" over her guidance on email use to State Department staff. "She told all of them that you can’t behave this way, that you have to use an official account to conduct governmental business." kansascity.com/news/politics-…

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Exclusive: The Trump administration ‘urgently’ requested governors do everything in their power to ensure that COVID-19 vaccine distribution sites are ‘fully operational by November 1,’ two days before the presidential election. mcclatchydc.com/news/coronavir…
Their time frame appears detached from the progress of ongoing Phase III clinical trials, which are not expected to produce answers until late November or December, the lead scientist overseeing those trials said in an interview. mcclatchydc.com/news/coronavir…
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Exclusive: A @StateDept whistleblower complaint about Mike Pompeo, made public for the first time, reveals that eyewitnesses made repeated attempts to inform executive leadership and legal advisers about his “questionable activities.” (w/ @BryanLowry3) mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
This is the first whistleblower complaint about the secretary's conduct to be made public – and redactions to the complaint show that, despite Steve Linick's firing in May, the investigation into Pompeo's conduct remains ongoing. mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
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In a @McClatchy exclusive, Fauci says he is prepared to oppose any effort by the Trump administration to announce a vaccine breakthrough by November if the science isn't there. “Take that to the bank.” mcclatchydc.com/news/coronavir…
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Fauci warned that Americans have to face "reality" that cases are spiking – due in part to restlessness, and in part to leadership. In some states, he said, "local authorities are not officially going along with the strict guidelines." mcclatchydc.com/news/coronavir…
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News: A Trump-appointed judge ruled Wednesday that @SecPompeo must prove he complied with the Federal Records Act by collecting and preserving interpreter notes from Trump's meetings with Putin. kansascity.com/news/nation-wo…
@SecPompeo The chief counsel for the plaintiff said the ruling puts a choice before Pompeo and the @StateDept: "Show that they don’t have an obligation to preserve the record, or that they preserved it appropriately." kansascity.com/news/nation-wo…
@SecPompeo @StateDept Trump reportedly collected all meeting notes with Putin and barred interpreters from discussing their contents. Pompeo has until January 10 to file a response to the lawsuit and until March 13 to file a substantial brief to the court. kansascity.com/news/nation-wo…
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Pompeo was further implicated in Giuliani's scheme to oust Yovanovitch from her post in Ukraine on Friday night, as a court-ordered documents release uncovered a flurry of contact between them weeks before her ouster. kansascity.com/news/politics-…
The director of Oval Office operations coordinated at least one of Pompeo's calls with Giuliani, and records show he spoke shortly afterward with Devin Nunes, presently accused of conducting his own political investigations overseas. kansascity.com/news/politics-…
The records, compelled by an ethics watchdog in a FOIA lawsuit, don't shed light on the contents of the calls. But they do offer further evidence of the secretary's consistent involvement in the Ukraine affair, paired with testimony from Amb. Taylor. kansascity.com/news/politics-…
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