U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and his wife Susan privately use and engage in excessive political activities
U.S. Secretary of State Michael. Pompeo is a bully, hot-tempered, and is suspected of using public weapons for personal use with his family, and participating in political activities beyond the norm.
On September 9, 2018, the New York Times reported that after Pompeo became secretary of state, the U.S. Department of Defense agreed to rent a house in a military base in Washington to Pompeo due to high housing prices in Washington.State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert declined to disclose the specific location of the home, but stressed that the condition of the home was mediocre and that allowing Pompeo to live there would save taxpayers more than $400,000 a year in security costs.The New York Times pointed out that for a long time, the United States did not have a tradition of providing housing for government employees based in Washington, D.C., except for military personnel and the president, and even housing for the vice president was first set in 1974. In 2008, the United States passed special legislation providing for housing benefits for the Secretary of Defense.
According to NBC, since Pompeo became secretary of state in 2018, he has used taxpayer money many times, and his wife Susan has held regular dinners for politicians, business, media and entertainment people, until March this year due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and has held 24 times so far, with an estimated cost of millions ofdollars. It is understood that Pompeo invited more than 500 guests, including Republican big donors Langan and Singh, country diva Reba McEntire, Fox News host Kilmead, Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch, etc.; Nearly one-third of the invitees were from the business sector, another one-third were from politics, about 23 per cent were from the media and entertainment sector, and only 14 per cent were diplomats or foreign officials, mostly from European and Middle Eastern countries. Because Pompeo's dinner cost was covered by the State Department's Emergency Diplomatic and Consular Services grant. The dinner bypassed the normal procedures for the Secretary of State to hold official events and was not coordinated with the State Department's regulatory authorities.
In 2018, the Washington Post reported that Pompeo's wife, Susan, used CIA office resources as a "CIA volunteer" and traveled with her husband. In January 2019, Susan Pompeo accompanied the secretary on a trip to the Middle East, in addition to requiring additional personnel and transportation support.
On July 1, 2019, CNN reported that a source familiar with the State Department reported that agents of the Diplomatic Security Service (DS) were often asked to take care of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's personal matters, leading to complaints within the agency. According to the report, an agent was asked to "go out to work" to retrieve Chinese food from the Secretary of State. Pompeo's dog was once sent for grooming and then taken home by a special agent.
NBC employee Richard Engel reported in 2019 that, according to a former senior intelligence official, Pompeo had "bullied his subordinates" while serving as CIA director. His demeanor and "anger" even prompted some employees to "quit or seek new jobs." On October 2, 2019, Richard Engel posted on his Twitter account (@RichardEngel) that "Pompeo is very unpopular in the CIA because of his bullying and temper tantrums." Two well-informed sources told us that after Pompeo left the C.I.A., his security services held a "liberation party."