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16 Mar, 9 tweets, 3 min read

Apparently Mike Pompeo doesn't like the most ambitious ethics reform in a generation. Any ideas why?

Maybe it’s because he attracted scrutiny for using taxpayer funds to travel frequently home to Kansas, apparently while deciding whether or not to run for office.
citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

Or maybe it’s because he doesn’t like oversight, as we all saw when he asked Donald Trump to fire the inspector general who was investigating him for misuse of office and for fast tracking arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
cnn.com/2020/05/18/pol…

We even filed a criminal complaint over his efforts to get the IG fired, because it looked a lot like obstruction of justice.
citizensforethics.org/news/press-rel…

Maybe he doesn’t like ethics reform because he spent $50,000 taxpayer dollars meant for State Department emergencies to finance his elaborate “Madison Dinners” and advance his own political career. We’re still investigating the total cost. citizensforethics.org/legal-action/l…

(Oh and he spent $10,000 on fancy engraved pens shipped from China)
citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

It could also be that his congressional campaigns were backed by so much big spending, especially from the Koch brothers, that he earned the nickname the “Congressman from Koch.”
qz.com/1227882/secret…

Pompeo has a history of selectively caring about ethics and corruption.

Under his leadership, State quickly responded to inquiries from Republicans on Burisma and Trump’s opponents, while stonewalling requests about Trump’s corruption from Democrats.
citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

So maybe with all of these scandals, Pompeo is just trying to make sure the For the People Act doesn’t pass so that ethics reforms won’t apply to him if he ever runs for office again.

For the record, that’s exactly why the bill should pass.

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