WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after State Department Inspector General Steve A. Linick briefed Senate and House committee staff:

At today's briefing, Congressional staff was provided a number of unclassified documents related to now-debunked theories and false statements about the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, and the President's political opponents.