Article snippet: Democrats say the State Department watchdog used a closed-door briefing on Wednesday to give them "conspiracy theories" tied to Ukraine, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and former Vice President MORE. "It's essentially a packet of propaganda and disinformation and spreading conspiracy theories. Those conspiracy theories have been widely debunked and discredited," Rep. MORE (D-Md.) told reporters after an hourlong briefing with State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. The closed-door, hour-long briefing was part of a hastily assembled meeting requested by the State Department watchdog. Ahead of the meeting, there had been speculation that it could be tied to a whistleblower complaint about MORE's July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president, which is at the forefront of the impeachment probe. Instead, Democrats say the packet of documents handed over by the State Department watchdog mentions Biden and his son Hunter Biden, Yovanovitch and CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that investigated breaches at the DNC in the lead up to the 2016 election. "They appear to contain long-debunked theories and false statements about the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and one of President Trump’s political opponents," said Sen. MORE (D-N.J.), whose staff attended the briefing. "These documents provide further evidence of a concerted, external effort to conduct a disinformation campaign against a career U.S ambassador, who has been the subject o... Link to the full article to read more