The U.S. State Department posted a somewhat weird discover this week within the Federal Register, explaining that an investigation was underway to discover a bottle of whiskey. Why? The bottle was given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on June 24, 2019 and valued at $5,800. And it’s unlawful for U.S. authorities officers to take something value over $390 from a international authorities.

“The Department is looking into the matter and has an ongoing inquiry,” the State Department stated in its discover printed within the Federal Register.

A spokesperson for Pompeo instructed the New York Times the previous Secretary of State doesn’t know what occurred to the bottle. It’s acceptable for officers to take items in the event that they pay the complete value of the merchandise to the U.S. Treasury, however it’s by no means clear what occurred right here.

The discover within the Federal Register additionally contains different items accepted by the State Department and the place they reside now. It’s typical for lavish objects to be despatched to museums or the General Services Administration and formally change into property of the United States.

For occasion, the Federal Register submitting notes that Pompeo obtained an eagle statue valued at roughly $1,670 from Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, the protection minister of Saudi Arabia, on March 28, 2019. That statue was correctly transferred to the GSA.

Pompeo was one of many chief enablers of authoritarian president Donald Trump, first serving as the pinnacle of the CIA after which as Secretary of State. And if Pompeo’s former boss was any role mannequin, it’s a must to consider Pompeo did one thing shady with that bottle of whiskey. Remember when Trump took $750,000 value of artwork from the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Paris because he liked it so much? Someone ought to most likely be certain all of the artwork he swiped is nonetheless within the White House.

Have you seen Pompeo’s bottle? Maybe it’s with Trump’s tax returns. I’m positive we’ll get to see essentially the most up to date model of these any day now.