(CNN) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attended an off-the-books sit-down meeting with a conservative group that included a small number of wealthy Republican donors, which was not on his official schedule while he was in London to attend this week's NATO Summit . Pompeo slipped into the meeting, without the State Department alerting the press traveling with him about where he was headed or who he was going to meet. Pompeo arrived at the meeting just in time for dessert and stayed for over an hour, according to the two attendees. Pompeo has maintained his existing ties to the Republican Party -- and its donors -- while he has been secretary of state. Last week Pompeo leaned into the debunked theory promoted by Trump that Ukraine interfered in the election.

Source: CNN December 05, 2019 22:58 UTC