The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington watchdog organization has filed a Freedom of Information Act request demanding documents related to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent phone conference press briefing that was restricted to “faith-based media” only. The conference call last Monday with journalists was arranged to discuss religious freedom ahead of Pompeo’s trip to the Mideast. One journalist was pointedly disinvited from the briefing apparently because the reporter was not from what the State Department considered a “faith-based” media outlet.

Source: Huffington Post March 24, 2019 07:18 UTC