State Department inspector general holds urgent briefing on Capitol Hill
The State Department inspector general briefed congressional staff Wednesday afternoon after
requesting an urgent meeting to share documents related to the State Department and Ukraine.
State inspector general
Steve Linick on Tuesday asked to meet with congressional staff from eight House and Senate committees to discuss and provide documents from State's acting legal adviser related to Ukraine, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Linick declined to comment to CNN as he entered the briefing just before 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
The sudden briefing request from the State Department inspector general adds a new layer of intrigue to the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry over allegations that President Donald Trump sought help from Ukraine's government to interfere in the 2020 elections.
Linick's request was sent to Congress on Tuesday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed back on Democrats' demands to interview State Department officials as part of the impeachment investigation. Pompeo accused the committees of
"intimidating and bullying" the officials by calling them for depositions, not giving them sufficient time to prepare and not allowing administration lawyers to attend.


State inspector general
Steve Linick on Tuesday asked to meet with congressional staff from eight House and Senate committees to discuss and provide documents from State's acting legal adviser related to Ukraine, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Linick declined to comment to CNN as he entered the briefing just before 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
The sudden briefing request from the State Department inspector general adds a new layer of intrigue to the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry over allegations that President Donald Trump sought help from Ukraine's government to interfere in the 2020 elections.
Linick's request was sent to Congress on Tuesday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed back on Democrats' demands to interview State Department officials as part of the impeachment investigation. Pompeo accused the committees of
"intimidating and bullying" the officials by calling them for depositions, not giving them sufficient time to prepare and not allowing administration lawyers to attend.

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Live updates: Trump lashes out at impeachment inquiry in fiery news conference
President Trump launched a broadside against Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) at a joint news conference Wednesday afternoon with the president of Finland, after the House Intelligence Committee chairman warned the White House that “we’re not fooling around” on the impeachment inquiry.
The president’s attacks on Schiff came after Democrats announced that they would subpoena documents related to Trump’s July phone call with the leader of Ukraine.
Earlier Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged during a news conference in Rome that he listened in on the call, on which Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his son.
Current and former U.S. officials also told The Washington Post that Trump involved Vice President Pence in efforts to pressure Zelensky at a time when the president was using other channels to solicit information that he hoped would be damaging to Biden.
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