House Speaker John Boehner said he was "shocked" by a recent report that the Israeli government spied on Iranian nuclear talks and leaked information on the developing deal to lawmakers, and that he hadn't heard anything from the Israelis himself.
"I'm not sure what the information was. But I'm baffled by it," Boehner told reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
He said that "no information (was) revealed to me whatsoever" on the talks.
The number two House Democrat, Rep. Steny Hoyer, also said he hadn't received any information from the alleged leaks. Hoyer, who has a history of working across the aisle on Iran sanctions legislation, said he "was not aware" of any information being passed from Israel to Members of Congress and only just saw the news report Tuesday.
Hoyer said any impact on relations between the nations would depend on what kind of information might have be
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