Pompeo blasts NPR reporter for ‘violating basic rules of journalism and decency’

Published January 25, 2020 4:08pm ET



Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released a blistering statement condemning an NPR reporter for reporting on the details of a conversation he claimed was off the record.

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly conducted an interview with Pompeo on Friday morning that abruptly ended after she turned her questions to Yovanovitch and Ukraine, according to the outlet. Pompeo then left the room, and an aide directed the reporter to speak with him in his private quarters, where he reportedly berated her. However, he said that the second conversation was off the record.

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