Watchdog Clears Pompeo’s Wife of Alleged Travel Ethics Violations

Watchdog Clears Pompeo’s Wife of Alleged Travel Ethics Violations
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and his wife Susan pose for a photo as they take a tour of the newly-inaugrated Al-Fattah Al-Alim mosque in Egypt's New Administrative Capital, 45 kilometres (28 miles) east of Cairo on Jan. 10, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
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The State Department said on Dec. 10 that an independent probe by its watchdog found that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife did not not violate federal ethics rules by traveling abroad with her husband on official business, as alleged by Democrats and the media.

A report released by State Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) to Congress states that Pompeo and his wife, Susan, are “fully vindicated from baseless claims reported as fact by Democrats and Media” after a nearly year-long investigation by the watchdog.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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