Democratic lawmakers demand Pompeo to explain how a 'packet of propaganda and disinformation' aimed at a former US diplomat circulated State Department

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• Democrats accused the Trump administration on Wednesday of using "propaganda and disinformation" to attack the former US ambassador to Ukraine and demanded that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explain how the material circulated at top levels of his department.
• State Department Inspector General Steve Linick delivered a package of documents to a hastily called hour-long briefing with staff for eight congressional committees.
• "We are now in possession of this packet of propaganda and disinformation," said Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin, the only lawmaker who joined committee staff members at the meeting. "The real question is where did it come from and how did it end up in our lap?"
• Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani told CNN he was the source of some of the information that the inspector general turned over to Congress, the network reported.
• Giuliani said he sent the documents to Pompeo, who told Giuliani he would refer it for investigation, according to CNN.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats accused the Trump administration on Wednesday of using "propaganda and disinformation" to attack the former US ambassador to Ukraine and demanded that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explain how the material circulated at top levels of his department.

The Democrats, who are pursuing an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, leveled the charge after State Department Inspector General Steve Linick delivered a package of documents to a hastily called hour-long briefing with staff for eight congressional committees.

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