Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., requested that the Justice Department look into whether former Secretary of State John Kerry violated federal laws by meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, a move already blasted by top Trump administration officials. Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted his predecessor for "actively undermining" U.S. policy by holding meetings with Mohammad Javad Zarif since leaving office. "You can't find precedent for this in U.S. history, and Secretary Kerry ought not to engage in that kind of behavior," Pompeo said. Reports of Kerry’s meetings with Zarif first surfaced in May. Kerry said he had met three or four times with Zarif since he left office, but had not since Pompeo took the job in April.

Source: Fox News September 18, 2018 05:05 UTC