Watchdog Clears Pompeo’s Wife of Alleged Travel Ethics Violations

The State Department said on Dec. 10 that an independent probe by its watchdog found that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife did not not violate federal ethics rules by traveling abroad with her husband on official business, as alleged by Democrats and the media. A report released by State Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) to Congress states that Pompeo and his wife, Susan, are “fully vindicated from baseless claims reported as fact by Democrats and Media” after a nearly year-long investigation by the watchdog. The OIG in its probe interviewed dozens of employees and reviewed thousands of pages of documents, and has cleared the Pompeo, his family, and his entire team of any potential violation of federal regulations or ethics rules, according to a release from the State Department. “There was no violation of any law or statute; there was no violation of any regulation; and there was …