The State Department's inspector general requested an urgent briefing on Ukraine with senior congressional staff members
It's unclear exactly what State inspector general Steve Linick plans to provide Congress during the private Wednesday briefing. But it comes amid the House Democrats' impeachment investigation, which has been fueled by the US Intelligence Community's inspector general's review of a complaint by a whistleblower who alleged President Donald Trump sought help from Ukraine's government to interfere in the 2020 elections.
But on Tuesday, Pompeo accused the Democrats of "bullying" the State Department employees it wanted to testify, and said in a letter to House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel that the committee's schedule for depositions was not feasible and did not provide"adequate time for the Department and its employees to prepare.
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