State Dept. official took Mediterranean trip paid for by tech billionaire

Sarah B. Rogers, a top official at the State Department, took a vacation last November to the Mediterranean that was paid for by Irish billionaire Patrick Collison, according to a preliminary financial disclosure obtained by The Washington Post.

Collison, who co-founded the payments company Stripe and serves on the board of Meta, covered the expenses for the entire group, Rogers said in the disclosure. She described Collison as a "pre-existing friend predating my government service" and said the trip was "for purposes of tourism."