WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Mark Warner said he was blocked from holding an intelligence oversight meeting after interference by far-right activist Laura Loomer.

Warner, the Democratic vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was scheduled to meet this Friday with staff at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s headquarters in Springfield, Virginia.

“Over the weekend, conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer discovered the unpublicized, classified visit and launched a campaign of baseless attacks against both me and NGA Director Vice Admiral Trey Whitworth for hosting what has always been considered a routine oversight meeting,” Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said in a statement on Tuesday night.

“In response to Loomer’s criticism, political appointees canceled the visit, ju

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