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- The State Department's internal watchdog requested a Wednesday briefing with a bipartisan group of committees in both the House and the Senate.
- The purpose is "to discuss and provide staff with copies of documents related to the State Department and Ukraine," according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post.
- The State Department Inspector General Steve Linick invited Democratic and Republican congressional committee staffers to inform them about documents on Ukraine it had obtained from the department's Office of the Legal Adviser.
- Details of the briefing, reported by ABC News, remain unknown — and there was some confusion among congressional staffers as to what the documents would ultimately show.
- "It could be anything," one Capitol Hill aide told CBS News.
- Pompeo and House Democrats spent much of Tuesday sparring and accusing each other of trying to intimidate State Department officials called as witnesses in the impeachment probe.
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The State Department's internal watchdog on Tuesday requested a briefing with a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate to discuss and turn over documents related to Ukraine, the same day that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told lawmakers that State Department officials would not appear for depositions scheduled this week.
The State Department Inspector General Steve Linick invited Democratic and Republican congressional committee staffers to meet Wednesday "to discuss and provide staff with copies of documents related to the State Department and Ukraine," according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post. The documents were obtained from the department's Office of the Legal Adviser.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: Why the US border facilities are 'concentration camps,' according to historians See Also: SEE ALSO: Justice Department veterans say Trump could be accused of breaking 4 laws in the Ukraine whistleblower scandal  |