Scoop: Mike Pompeo pours cash into new PAC bearing his slogan

Between the lines: Pompeo hasn't officially declared his affiliation with the new PAC. But in records posted Thursday, his still-active House campaign committee reported steering $155,000 to the group just two days after it was formed.

• Champion American Values uses the same treasurer and Wichita bank as that campaign committee.
• Its acronym, CAV PAC, invokes Pompeo's service as an Army cavalry officer.

The big picture: The new PAC is just one of the political and policy endeavors that Pompeo has pursued since he left the State Department.

• He recently joined the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, and the American Center for Law and Justice, the legal advocacy group run by former Trump attorney Jay Sekulow.
• Pompeo also lent his name to a series of email and text message fundraising appeals for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

• He booked a prime speaking slot in February at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he recalled advice his mother once gave him: "Keep championing American values."

What's next: Champion American Values' specific plans aren't yet clear.

• A Pompeo spokesperson did not respond to questions from Axios about the new PAC.
• Four web domains associated with the group have been registered since February, but none is active yet.