Mystery of missing whiskey bottle from Pompeo meeting remains after watchdog investigation

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters fileWASHINGTON — The State Department's inspector general has found some of the gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars that disappearedWhen the political appointees under the Trump administration departed in January and handed over leadership of the protocol office to career diplomats, they found the gift vault “in a state of disarray,” according to the Office of Inspector General report, with several gifts listed in the vaults inventory nowhere to be found.

Many of those individuals have since left government service and therefore the OIG cannot compel their cooperation in the investigation, according to the report. Pompeo has said he never received the whiskey."It never got to me," he told Fox News this year. “I have no idea how the State Department lost this thing — although I saw enormous incompetence at the State Department during my time there.”

The $20,000 vases were tracked down in a storage facility, and at the recommendation of the OIG the State Department has adopted new security measures to prevent similar incidents going forward. But the mystery of the missing whiskey, commemorative gold coin and pricey goody bags remains unsolved. Diplomatic Security has denied a request to install security cameras outside of the vault, according to the report, telling protocol officials that cameras are used in domestic facilities “primarily to protect classified information and systems, rather than to protect property of substantial value."Abigail Williams is a producer and reporter for NBC News covering the State Department.

🤣 People implicated in the Russia hoax are being arrested today and you’re talking about a missing whiskey bottle.

Which whiskey was it? Asking for a friend.

Still on Trump!! The country falling apart and fake news is looking for a whisky bottle!!

Pompeo was in charge, but its not his fault

The $6000 bottle of whiskey went missing. Gee, I wonder what happened to it? Neat or on the rocks?

Wow, you mean they were all corrupt as hell? If only there would have been people to warn us...

Bannon. LoL

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