Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) is demanding answers from the State Department over its crafting of an internal memo that appeared to try to link the congressman to a Russian state-controlled media outlet.

In a letter on Monday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the House Republican asked for an explanation for the “sloppy and hypocritical lie” that the State Department included in leaked internal documents reported on by the New York Post. The documents were 2023 press guidance that the State Department circulated on how to respond to reporting by the Washington Examiner and “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi on the Biden administration’s Global Engagement Center funding apparent “censorship” groups and efforts.