State Department watchdog steps down after Pompeo rails at report on investigation into wife s travel
Updated 8:30 PM ET, Thu December 10, 2020
Washington (CNN)State Department acting Inspector General Matthew Klimow is leaving his post earlier than expected after just a few months on the job, he told colleagues in a memo, a source at the Office of the Inspector General told CNN on Thursday.
Klimow announced his departure the same day Secretary of State Mike Pompeo s department offered a combative response to an inspector general report on an investigation into travel by the secretary s wife, Susan.
The independent watchdog found that the majority of trips by Susan Pompeo over a two-year period had taken place without written approval from the State Department, despite the fact that her trips were considered official travel and paid for by US taxpayers.
Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times
Published: 21 Dec 2020 12:55 PM BdST
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The President’s top trade adviser circulated a report Thursday detailing all the ways that, in fact, the 2020 election was stolen on Joe Biden’s behalf.
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