A top Republican had threatened subpoenas if the department didn’t share more information on the Rob Malley case.
The State Department will brief the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the wake of the Biden administration’s decision to bench Iran envoy Rob Malley after the panel’s top lawmaker threatened to subpoena administration officials.
The State Department confirmed that briefings in response to lawmakers’ queries about Malley are in the works but declined to give specifics about the timing or exact content matter. both for allowing Malley to continue to work in the department after his security clearance was suspended over the investigation and for keeping them in the dark about the probe for several weeks.if he didn’t get a briefing on the circumstances surrounding Malley’s suspension by Wednesday.Rep. Michael McCaul departs a vote at the U.S. Capitol July 17, 2023. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Without offering evidence, McCaul has questioned whether Malley may have “transferred intelligence and secrets to our foreign nation adversary,” saying such an action, “would be treason in my view.”
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