'Substantial chance' Russian officials behind Navalny poisoning - U.S.'s Pompeo

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, U.S. September 2, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday there was a "substantial chance" that the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was ordered by senior Russian officials.

"There is a substantial chance that this actually came from senior Russian officials," Pompeo told the Ben Shapiro radio program, according to a transcript released by the State Department.