Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to resume his sumptuous dinners in Madison, which had caused controversy this year over the fact that most taxpayer-funded visitors were right-wing law envoys and business leaders.
State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus showed TPM that dinners would continue, calling them “a world-class opportunity to talk about the State Department project and the complex foreign policy issues facing our exceptional nation. “
“The secretary hopes to continue those dinners in Madison, as they are a component of the functionality of his duties as secretary of state,” Ortagus said.
According to NBC News and Politico, three dinners are scheduled for September and October.
It is known who is on the guest list for Monday’s event. An official told NBC News that the ambassador to India would be one of the participants.
In May, an NBC News investigation revealed that Pompeo and his wife had hosted two dozen chic parties from 2018 through March this year, where most visitors were conservative and multimillion-dollar figures. official was using taxpayers’ money to tame a donor base for a imaginable long-term political campaign.
Dinner plans suspended in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pompeo is under investigation for a litany of alleged abuses of power, adding the fact that a member errands for him and his wife and speaks at the 2020 Republican National Convention (RNC) in violation of the Hatch Act.