Is Mike Pompeo Angling for 2024?

Secret Superrich Session • Trump’s Rallies to Return? • Trump Attacks Mail-in Voting [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair]( Is Mike Pompeo Angling for 2024? Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Under fire over the [inspector general’s ouster](, Mike Pompeo is also facing scrutiny for his political ambitions, Abigail Tracy reports. “He’s using the institution to clearly advance his own personal interests,” says an ex-State Department official. Among the guests at Pompeo’s taxpayer-funded soirees have been Fox News hosts, Caleb Ecarma writes. Meanwhile, billionaire real estate mogul Barry Sternlicht expressed optimism for an economic recovery from the coronavirus during a call with JPMorgan Chase’s private-banking clients, William D. Cohan reports. One concern, however, is retail, which “won’t be dead,” he said, but is in for a rough ride. Thanks for reading! [Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo ]( [“Low-Level Unseemly Grift”: Has Mike Pompeo Finally Crossed the Trumpian Line?]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [As the bad headlines mount for the secretary of state, his standing in Trumpworld could soon be on shaky ground.]( [Image]( [The Hive 1]( [Pompeo’s Fox News Dinner Guests Gave Him the Softball Treatment On Air]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [Fox personalities like Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade made the guest list for the Secretary of State’s “Madison” dinners—and played nice with him on television.]( [Read More]( [The Hive 2]( [Secret Superrich Session: Barry Sternlicht Sketches an Optimistic New Normal—With a Few Very Black Clouds]( By [William D. Cohan]( [Briefing JPMorgan private-banking clients, the real estate mogul said offices, hotels, planes, and sports will all be back. But “retail is a little bit like the 80-year-old getting COVID,” he said. “It’s tough.”]( [Read More]( [The Hive 3]( [Our Genius President Thinks Holding Mega-Rallies During a Pandemic Is a Great Idea]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [Eyeing regional reopenings, the Trump 2020 campaign sees the large-scale events as a way to capitalize on the president’s advantage over Joe Biden.]( [Read More]( [The Hive 4]( [Is Trump Setting the Stage to Dismiss the 2020 Election Results?]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The president—who has repeatedly lied about widespread voter fraud since winning the 2016 election—threatened to cut federal funding to Michigan and Nevada as he escalates crusade against mail-in voting in 2020.]( [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2020 Condé Nast