The complaint was lodged with the State Department's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) by an employee who said he "witnessed and / or heard many direct accounts" of the behavior.
It is not known when the complaint was filed with the OIG. Inspector General Steve Linick, who was fired on Pompeo's recommendation in mid-May, told lawmakers that his office is examining five questions of potential wrongdoing at the State Department.
Although the heavily redacted four-page document does not clearly state which specific concerns were raised by the whistleblower, they note that there have been attempts "repeatedly" to seek clarification from senior officials in the (Executive Secretariat) and the Office of Legal Affairs. Counselors, "but those who tried" were prevented from doing so. "
The whistleblower also said that to their knowledge no action had been taken to "resolve the issues" and that "several" of the people whose names had been redacted in the complaint "specifically ordered subordinate staff to continue to investigate. facilitate questionable activities after concerns have been raised. "
The complaint indicates that the misconduct took place in Washington, DC, New York, Florida and overseas.
Clark Pettig, spokesman for American Oversight, said the whistleblower complaint showed the type of red flags being raised about Pompeo's conduct at the State Department.
"From the outside, Secretary Pompeo's conduct has long been deeply troubling, and now we can see the kind of red flags he was raising within the State Department. Even with the heavy redactions, the details of this complaint are concerning. while Secretary Pompeo continues to organize questionable political events across the country, "he said.
The State Department did not respond to a request for comment.
Some of the issues Linick's office was investigating at the time of his ouster included Pompeo's potential diversion of taxpayer resources and his decision to speed up an $ 8 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia.
Pompeo denied being aware of the ongoing investigations related to his conduct and insisted that his recommendation to fire Linick was not a reprisal. Instead, Pompeo accused him of undermining the ministry's mission and failing to follow instructions, despite the Inspector General's mandate as an independent watchdog.
However, Linick told Democratic and Republican lawmakers and some staff on the House Foreign Affairs and Oversight Committees, as well as Democrats in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in early June that he did not think not that there was "a valid reason that would justify (its) deletion."
