Pompeo is being investigated by the congress for misuse of government funds for his little dinner parties to set up his presidential run in 2024. He stopped them for a while. But just like Dear Leader and all the other henchmen, he is now just saying “fuck it” and doing whatever he wants:
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is quietly relaunching his extravagant, taxpayer-funded “Madison Dinners” during the coronavirus pandemic, even as Congress scrutinizes his use of government resources to entertain CEOs, big-dollar Republican donors and television anchors.
Pompeo’s Madison Dinners, which an NBC News investigation revealed in May, had been on pause since March, when the country shut down because of the coronavirus. But now they’re back, with a dinner scheduled for Monday and at least three others on the calendar in September and October, two U.S. officials said.
This time, Pompeo even initially arranged to hold Monday’s dinner at Blair House, the presidential guest house just steps from the White House. It was only at the last minute that the dinner was moved back to the State Department because Blair House became unavailable.
It’s unclear what coronavirus precautions, if any, are being taken, particularly considering that the dinner will be indoors and guests presumably won’t be wearing masks while eating and drinking. A State Department official said guests had been encouraged to get COVID-19 tests before the dinner but was unsure whether that was mandatory.
The State Department declined to answer questions about the resumption of the dinners, but it defended them as “foreign policy-focused social gatherings” that reflect “the finest tradition of diplomatic and American hospitality and grace.”
“The Secretary looks forward to continuing these Madison Dinners as they are an important component of the execution of his duties as Secretary of State,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said.
They do what they want. Congress is no longer relevant. They do not care what it looks like because they only care about the Trump cult which excuses all their actions no matter what.
It will be much worse in a second term.