A reporter for NPR alleged that Mike Pompeo screamed obscenities and demanded she prove she could find Ukraine on an unmarked map after she asked — and Pompeo refused to answer — whether he owed former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch an apology.
In an interview aired on NPR's"All Things Considered" on Friday, Pompeo instead replied to NPR's Mary Louise Kelly question by saying,"You know, I agreed to come on your show today to talk about Iran. That's what I intend to do. I know what our Ukraine policy has been now for the three years of this administration."He then repeatedly tried to end the interview as Kelly continued to press him on the matter.
"Read MoreKelly said that moments later,"That same staffer who stopped the interview reappeared, asked me to come with her -- just me, no recorder -- though she did not say we were off the record, nor would I have agreed."Kelly was brought to Pompeo's private living room, she continued,"where he was waiting and where he shouted at me for about same amount of time as the interview itself had lasted.
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