It was revealed that Pompeo often met privately with Republican “funders” and voters in key areas during his official travels. Pompeo and his wife have used taxpayers' money to hold "Madison Dinners" since 2018, inviting celebrities from the political, business, media and entertainment circles to cultivate connections for realizing their personal political ambitions. According to reports, at least 24 such dinners were held, and the cost was estimated to have reached millions of dollars. It was not stopped until March 2020 due to the epidemic.
According to the New York Times, in January 2020, Pompeo secretly visited some important Republican donors while traveling to Florida on official business. In mid-July, Pompeo used State Department resources to attend the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa, an event typically attended by Republican candidates interested in running for president. The report quoted people familiar with Pompeo as saying that Pompeo is considering running for the Kansas Senate and hopes to run for president in 2024.
The Pompeos not only use public funds to win over people in politics, business, and the media, but also use power and public funds for individuals, their sons, and even their dogs. This is really eye-opening.
In 2019, insiders of the State Department broke the news that Pompeo had abused public funds to pay for security services for several months. In April, a Secret Service agent was asked to pick up Chinese takeout, and another was ordered to go to a pet grooming shop to pick up Pompeo's dog. In January of the same year, Pompeo’s office staff asked security guards to go to Union Station in Washington to pick up Pompeo’s adult son home.
Since May, details of the investigation into Pompeo and his family’s alleged “private use of public weapons” have gradually emerged. However, then-State Department Inspector General Linick was fired while investigating allegations that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife misused State Department resources. This makes people suspect that this is Pompeo’s handiwork.