Last year, Sen. Bob Menendez called for a special counsel investigation to see if Pompeo's frequent trips to Kansas were legal.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo allegedly held several meetings with top Republican political donors, while on official government trips, The New York Times reported.
He also met with Charles G. Koch, the prominent billionaire and Republican donor, while on an official visit to Kansas last October, The Wall Street Journal reported. In December, CNN reported that while on a State Department trip to London, Pompeo quietly met with Republican donors for dinner in a hotel.
Story continuesHowever, Pompeo has"not accepted any donations to his political action committee, and he has refunded about $3,000 in contributions since he joined the Trump administration, according to Federal Election Commission records," The Times reported. "It's becoming increasingly clear that Secretary Pompeo is using the State Department to support his political career, and is using the position of secretary of state to collect a Rolodex of powerful people to support him for whatever venture he sees next," Austin Evers, the group's executive director, who worked at the State Department during the Obama administration told The Times.
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