FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP ADMIN: “The State Department inspector general is investigating whether Trump administration officials helped themselves to expensive Trump-branded gifts meant for foreign dignitaries, NBC News confirmed Tuesday…
The inspector general’s broad look at missing gifts during the Trump administration also includes a whiskey bottle worth $5,800 that was given to then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the Japanese but then disappeared…
The State Department’s office of protocol is required to record gifts given to U.S. officials and keep track of their disposition.”
-Mandel Ngan, “State Dept. investigating whether Trump officials took gifts meant for foreign dignitaries,” nbcnews.com, October 12, 2021