⁍ A Politico Magazine report published Thursday paints a picture of a micromanaging spouse who used federal employees for personal errands and organized dinners to advance her husband’s career.

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⁍ Susan Pompeo’s involvement in her husband’s public service for personal gain was so egregious that the CIA had officials contact counterparts at the State Department to prepare ‘a legal memo governing Susan Pompeo’s role before she arrived in Foggy Bottom’
Mike Pompeo denied he and his wife misused staff and taxpayer funds, going so far as to accuse Politico of ‘trafficking in outmoded, frankly sexist views

– The wife of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “managed to score herself an office and even a de facto assistant” at the CIA while her husband was secretary of state, according to a Politico report based on interviews with State Department officials and former employees of Pompeo. Susan Pompeo, who joined her husband’s staff at the CIA in 2012, was a “micromanaging spouse who used federal employees for personal errands and organized dinners to advance the career of her husband on the taxpayer dime,” according to the report, which accuses Susan Pompeo of using her husband’s position “to advance her own interests and those of her husband.” Politico notes that Susan Pompeo’s involvement with her husband was “so egregious” that the CIA had officials contact State Department officials to prepare “a legal memo governing Susan Pompeo’s role before she arrived in Foggy Bottom.”