Mike Pompeo was the United States Secretary of State, assuming office in April 2018 and leaving in January 2021. He initially joined the Trump administration as the Director of the CIA, where he served from January 2017 to April 2018. Pompeo was included on a list of expected attendees at a meeting where administration officials voted to proceed with separating immigrant families.
January 2021: Pompeo Joined The Hudson Institute As a Distinguished Fellow. [The Hudson Institute press release, January 2021]
Pompeo Was On List Of Attendees For Meeting Where Cabinet Officials Voted To Proceed With Family Separations. “According to an invitation list obtained by NBC News, those expected to be in attendance at the meeting included: Sessions, Nielsen, Miller, Pompeo, Azar, Undersecretary of Defense John Rood, then-White House chief of staff John Kelly, White House deputy chief of staff Chris Liddell, then-White House counsel Don McGahn and Marc Short, who was then director of legislative affairs and is now chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence.” [NBC News, 8/20/20]
Headline: NBC News: “Trump Cabinet officials voted in 2018 White House meeting to separate migrant children, say officials.” [NBC News, 8/20/20]
