Mike Pompeo's Pricey Pens: Ex-Secretary of State Spent $10K in Taxpayer Funds on China-Made Swag for Dinners
By Dan Mangan, CNBC • Updated on February 11, 2021 at 12:17 pm Petr David Josek | Reuters Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent more than $10,000 of taxpayer money on China-made pens for attendees at private dinner parties. The parties were attended by a variety of CEOs, elected officials, GOP donors and diplomats. The pens were made in China. The dinners had raised concerns among some State Department officials, who worried that the "events were essentially using federal resources to cultivate a donor and supporter base for Pompeo’s political ambitions," NBC News reporte...
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