A State Department employee gained little traction in filing a whistleblower complaint alleging ‘questionable activities’ by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The department is blocking any questions about the matter and has ordered staff to continue the activities that have so far not been described in any detail. (ABC News, July 20, 2020, by Conor Finnegan)
The whistleblower complaint came to light as a watchdog American Oversight sued the State Department for information about the allegations and received a heavily redacted four-page document. The department justified the redactions by claiming the information was part of an ongoing investigation. (McClatchyDC, July 20, 2020, by Michael Wilner and Bryian Lowry)