Mike Pompeo accuses NPR reporter of lying but doesnt deny berating her – ABC News
Pompeo contested that reality, claiming Kelly “lied to me, two times.”
” First, last month, in setting up our interview and, then again yesterday, in accepting have our post-interview conversation off the record,” he said Saturday in a declaration.
He went further, stating it was “another example of how unhinged the media has actually ended up being in its mission to injure President Trump and this Administration.”
” It is no marvel that the American people mistrust numerous in the media when they so consistently show their agenda and their absence of integrity,” he stated.
His declaration didn’t dispute any of the contents of their tense, post-interview exchange, including his use of expletives or him asking about American interest in Ukraine.
Nov. 15, 2019, in Washington.Drew Angerer/Getty Images That line of questioning angered Pompeo, according to Kelly, who looked her down after the interview was ended by a staffer and after that called her back to his offices.
There, he scolded her utilizing the f-word, asked whether Americans appreciated Ukraine and required that she find the eastern European country on a map, she reported Friday on NPR’s “All Things Considered”.
After pointing it out, she stated Pompeo quickly dismissed, and she thanked him for his time.
The encounter was not off the record, according to Kelly, who said she would not have accepted it being so if anyone asked her.
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