U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo along with his wife Susan in 2018 regularly held Grand dinners, which invited the richest businessmen, Supreme court judges and political heavyweights. They are called “dinners Madison” in honor of the fourth President of the United States and the fifth Secretary of the country James Madison, who loved to collect political figures and intellectuals, describes in the investigation to NBC News.
Sources in the Department said that the dinners Pompeo was not satisfied with my own money, and the taxpayers ‘ money. According to investigators, 2018, the Secretary of state has organized at least 20 “dinners Madison”, which was visited by about 500 people. About 29 percent of those invited were businessmen, about the same politicians and members of the government, a quarter of guests — representatives of the media and entertainment sectors, and only 14 percent of diplomats or officials from other countries.
U.S. Senator from new Jersey Robert Menendez said that it was concerned about reports that Pompeo may have used taxpayer funds for events that have nothing to do with foreign policy. Thus a press-the Secretary of the state Department of Morgan Ortagus called the dinner the opportunity to discuss complicated foreign policy issues with scholars, businessmen, diplomats and journalists. She added that Pompeo “got a lot” from these meetings.
Modern “dinners Madison” as a rule, start at 18:00 and end at 21:00. Guests are first treated to cocktails, then serves basic meals. One of the last events in January, in the midst of worsening relations between the US and Iran, Pompeo and his wife hosted the Saudi Ambassador in Washington, a Princess Frame bint Bandar, CEO of Raytheon Thomas Kennedy, adviser to the President for national security Robert O'Brian, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.
The newspaper’s sources report that the role of Susan Pompeo at these dinners the Central figure — it communicates directly with politicians, says guest lists and menus. Some officials fear that Mike Pompeo for the dinners, to informally socialize with the leadership of the Republican party or its financial sponsors. The interlocutors suggest that the Secretary of state therefore prepared to nominate his candidacy for President in four years.
