CIA Director Mike Pompeo secretly met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Easter weekend, the Washington Post reported late Tuesday. The rare face-to-face meeting came after Pompeo had been nominated by President Donald Trump to be secretary of state, and the trip was reportedly to lay the groundwork for a summit between Trump and Kim later this year. On Tuesday, Trump acknowledged there have been direct talks at "very high levels," apparently in reference to Pompeo's trip, and said he would probably meet Kim in early June. Pompeo's meeting appears to be the highest-level U.S. contact with North Korea since then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, in 2000.