Mike Pompeo Under Investigation Rooftop Hotel Speech In Jerusalem During To Republican Convention
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is under investigation by the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for potentially violating federal law for his August 25 speech to the virtual Republican National Convention, which he delivered while on an official taxpayer-funded trip to Jerusalem.The investigation was confirmed Monday by two Democratic House lawmakers, Eliot Engel, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman (D-New York), and Nita Lowey, Appropriations Committee Chairwoman (D-New York).It centers around whether the secretary of state violated the Hatch Act, a law that prohibits federal employees from...