Pompeo Says Nothing ‘Untoward’ in Meeting Russian Intel Chiefs

CIA Director Michael Pompeo told Democrats that there is nothing “untoward” about meeting with Russia’s senior spy chiefs, following reports that he did just that last week.

Russian media reported that Pompeo met with Sergey Naryshkin, chief of Russian foreign intelligence who is currently sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department – after Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov revealed to Russian state media that the Russian spymaster had visited.

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