President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, reportedly welcomed a man convicted of spying on the Navy for Israel into the U.S.’s Jerusalem embassy for a “friendly” meeting this summer.

The New York Times reports that Huckabee met with the spy, Jonathan J. Pollard, in July. Three U.S. officials discussed the incident with the Times , as well as Pollard himself, who said “it was a friendly meeting.” Pollard said he thanked Huckabee for calling for his release in 2011.

A former Navy civilian intelligence analyst, Pollard was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for selling a huge cache of military secrets to Israel. He spent 30 years in prison. Israel granted him citizenship in 1995 , and he now lives in Israel, having been warmly welcomed by Prime Minister Benjami

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