Top-Ranking Senator Calls For Inquiry Into Homocon Ambassador’s Pledge To “Empower” Right Wing Parties

The Hill reports:

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s top Democrat is asking the State Department’s inspector general to investigate President Trump’s envoy to Germany amid accusations he is inappropriately wading into European politics.

In a letter, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) raised questions about Ambassador Richard Grenell’s comments to the right-leaning Bretibart News, in which Grenell said that he hoped to “empower other conservatives throughout Europe.”

The remarks were an unusual break from diplomatic norms. Ambassadors and other diplomats may lobby foreign governments over certain issues, but rarely chime in on the domestic politics of their host countries.

German and EU officials are also furious.