He calls the requests an effort “to intimidate, bully, and treat improperly” State Department officials. Pompeo’s State Department, meantime, is investigating the email records of dozens of current and former department officials who sent messages to Hillary Clinton’s private email years ago, according to letters reviewed by The Post. 1:01 p.m. Bloomberg reports that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has told reporters in Kiev he never met or spoke by phone with Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani. “I spoke Ukrainian, and President Trump unfortunately did not speak Ukrainian, he spoke English,” Zelensky said. 5 p.m. State Department Inspector General Steve Linick has requested a meeting with key committees on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, The Post reports.

Source: Washington Post October 01, 2019 22:56 UTC