{"id":616658,"date":"2021-08-06T17:51:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T21:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=616658"},"modified":"2021-08-06T17:51:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T21:51:28","slug":"pompeo-jokes-denies-knowledge-of-missing-5800-whiskey-the-great-case-of-the-missing-whiskey-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-jokes-denies-knowledge-of-missing-5800-whiskey-the-great-case-of-the-missing-whiskey-bottle\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo Jokes, Denies Knowledge Of Missing $5,800 Whiskey: \u2018The Great Case Of The Missing Whiskey Bottle\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpompeo-jokes-denies-knowledge-of-missing-5800-whiskey-the-great-case-of-the-missing-whiskey-bottle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=616658&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1228312391.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday joked and denied any knowledge about the disappearance of a $5,800 bottle of whiskey gifted to him by Japan during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The rare bottle was apparently given to Pompeo in June, 2019 at the Group of 20 summit, which took place in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the State Department confirmed in&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2021-16751.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filing<\/a> posted in the Federal Register that it is investigating the disappearance of the bottle, marking its current disposition as \u201cunknown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department is looking into the matter and has an ongoing inquiry,\u201d the State Department wrote in a footnote to the filing.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo was asked by Fox News anchor John Roberts whether he had any idea where the expensive gift could be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great case of the missing whiskey bottle,\u201d Pompeo joked. \u201cLook, a couple facts, I have no idea. I assume it wasn\u2019t ever touched. It never got to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo added that he had witnessed a large amount of \u201cincompetence\u201d at the State Department during his tenure, appearing to suggest that could be the reason for the bottle\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no idea how the State Department lost this thing although I saw enormous incompetence at the State Department during my time there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad it been a case of diet coke I would have been all over it,\u201d the former secretary added. \u201cI had no idea that this was missing, that there was an investigation I hear about. This is all just crazy talk. I have no idea where this thing is. If they want to give me a holler I\u2019m happy to try and help them find it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly I wouldn\u2019t know the difference between a $58 bottle and a $5,800 bottle,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo was traveling in Saudi Arabia the day Japanese officials presented the gift to the State Department, so it is not clear whether the bottle made it into Pompeo\u2019s possession.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/04\/us\/politics\/pompeo-japan-whiskey.html\">not permitted<\/a> to keep gifts with a value of $390 or more and can face civil penalties if they do so. If they are still in office, they can also face impeachment. Officials are, however, permitted to purchase high-value gifts for themselves by reimbursing the Treasury Department, or they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/state-dept-sleuthing-whereabouts-5-800-whiskey-bottle-given-pompeo-n1276016\">may donate<\/a> the gifts to the National Archives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has no idea what the disposition was of this bottle of whiskey,\u201d Pompeo\u2019s lawyer William Burck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/04\/us\/politics\/pompeo-japan-whiskey.html\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em>, saying that Pompeo also did not remember ever receiving the bottle.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department\u2019s filing outlined many of the gifts given by foreign governments to former president Donald Trump, former first lady Melania Trump, and U.S. officials from 2017 to 2019. The gifts, which included statues, paintings, a cashmere blanket, binoculars, firearms, diamond earrings, a clock, a silver candleholder, flower vases, and a bench carved to resemble a jaguar, were all donated to the National Archives.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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