A House committee will vote as soon as next week to hold Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents related to the Biden administration’s abrupt U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan nearly two years ago.
is seeking because doing so would damage the integrity of critical communications between the department and diplomats.in April on the cable but will not hand it over in full detail.said the State Department showed him “a sanitized version,” which he described as summarized and inadequate. He also noted that some media outlets had already obtained the documents he is seeking.said. “I also want to see the secretary’s response. It’s a state of mind, in the embassy at the time.
President Biden’s approval ratings took a sharp dive after the withdrawal. Since then, Mr. Biden has blamed his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, for setting up the conditions in
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