Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint statement to the press with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (unseen) after meeting in Jerusalem, on August 24, 2020. (Photo by DEBBIE HILL/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S.
diplomatic missions last month warning American diplomats that under federal law they should not take overt sides in the presidential campaign.
On Tuesday, he plans to ignore his own warning by speaking to the Republican National Convention endorsing President Donald Trump for a second term.Pompeo's message to State Department employees reminding them of restrictions on political activity under the Hatch Act was not unusual.