House Democrat to Investigate Mike Pompeo's RNC Speech
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"Unprecedented and wrong": Mike Pompeo slammed for address to GOP convention from JerusalemPresident Donald Trump's reelection campaign announced Sunday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will address this week's Republican National Convention—news that sparked swift criticism both because it's unprecedented for the nation's top diplomat to participate in this type of political event and because he will reportedlyspeak from "an undisclosed location" in Jerusalem while he's there on official travel.
Before meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday, Pompeo—a former congressman from Kansas who previously served as CIA director under Trump—wrote Sunday on his personal Twitter account: "Looking...
From the Center
House panel to investigate Pompeo's GOP convention speechA House Democrat announced Tuesday that he is launching an investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s expected speech to the Republican National Convention, raising concerns that the move is an illegal violation of the Hatch Act and a breach of State Department regulations.
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs panel's subcommittee on oversight and investigations, raised his concerns in a letter to Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun and requested information on the secretary’s planned remarks.
From the Right
Spare me the outrage over Pompeo’s speech. Look at what Biden and Obama have done.Democrats are outraged that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered remarks at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night — and that he delivered the remarks from foreign soil. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Pompeo’s address from Jerusalem “appalling” and accused him of “violating our values in terms of the bipartisanship.”
Please. Where were these critics in August 2016, when then-Vice President Joe Biden attacked Donald Trump from foreign soil while on an official visit overseas? Speaking to allies gathered at a NATO summit in Riga, Latvia, Biden said Trump...
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