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sunonmars

(8,656 posts) Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:35 AM Oct 2020

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Office of Special Counsel has launched an investigation into Mike Pompeo for Hatch Act violations

Link to tweet

Bye Bye Mikey

BREAKING: The Office of Special Counsel has launched an investigation into Mike Pompeo for Hatch Act violations during his address to the RNC while he was on official government travel in Jerusalem.

The investigation is looking into his misuse of State Department resources.

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Office of Special Counsel has launched an investigation into Mike Pompeo for Hatch Act violations (Original Post) sunonmars Oct 2020 OP

K&R! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #1

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Oct 2020 #2

Thus the pebble begins the avalanche... uriel1972 Oct 2020 #3

DIG DEEPLY & DEEPER STILL MagickMuffin Oct 2020 #4

Nice, but I don't hold out much hope for any real results Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #5

GMTA...not really hopeful that anything will come of it... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #7

Possibly displaying my ignorance, but what Office of Special Counsel is this? hvn_nbr_2 Oct 2020 #6

presumably this office moof Oct 2020 #8

Thanks. I didn't know that existed. hvn_nbr_2 Oct 2020 #11

TRump & most of his cabinet have violated Duppers Oct 2020 #9

You know that monster-sized book McEneny gave moonscape Oct 2020 #10

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

1. K&R!

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:37 AM

Oct 2020

malaise

(269,172 posts)

2. Get thee to the greatest page

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:38 AM

Oct 2020

RFN!

Lock them up!

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

3. Thus the pebble begins the avalanche...

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:40 AM

Oct 2020

Hopefully.

MagickMuffin

(15,953 posts)

4. DIG DEEPLY & DEEPER STILL

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:19 AM

Oct 2020

He has misused our tax dollars funds for a lot of illegal activities.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

5. Nice, but I don't hold out much hope for any real results

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:23 AM

Oct 2020

There have been too many times in the past, where what should have been never came to pass.

Wounded Bear

(58,713 posts)

7. GMTA...not really hopeful that anything will come of it...

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:43 PM

Oct 2020

hvn_nbr_2

(6,488 posts)

6. Possibly displaying my ignorance, but what Office of Special Counsel is this?

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:42 PM

Oct 2020

Mueller was shut down long ago. What office of special counsel is this?

moof

(3,390 posts)

8. presumably this office

Reply to hvn_nbr_2 (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 01:24 PM

Oct 2020

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=office+of+special+counsel&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGpe7m4tLsAhVJCc0KHWBKA98QBSgAegQIKhAp&biw=1267&bih=714

or https://osc.gov

hvn_nbr_2

(6,488 posts)

11. Thanks. I didn't know that existed.

Reply to moof (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:19 PM

Oct 2020

For anyone else wondering, it appears to be a permanent organization focused on Hatch Act, whistleblower protection, etc.

Duppers

(28,127 posts)

9. TRump & most of his cabinet have violated

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:03 PM

Oct 2020

The Hatch Act. Investigate them all.

moonscape

(4,673 posts)

10. You know that monster-sized book McEneny gave

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:14 PM

Oct 2020

Stahl on 60 Minutes? That's the size required to fit the names of all those 45 will pardon. In a tiny font.

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