Key takeaways:
- The House Foreign Affairs Committee has issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken for sensitive cables from State Department officials working at the U.S. embassy in Kabul.
- The subpoena is in response to the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and requests an internal dissent cable written by 23 State Department employees in Afghanistan.
- The subpoena comes as the Biden administration is facing criticism from both sides of the aisle for its handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee has issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken for sensitive cables from State Department officials working at the U.S. embassy in Kabul. The subpoena was signed by the committee’s chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul, on Monday night and is set to be delivered to Blinken on Tuesday morning.
The subpoena is in response to the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and requests an internal dissent cable written by 23 State Department employees in Afghanistan. McCaul has been warning for weeks that he would subpoena Blinken if he did not turn over the document.
The dissent cable is seen as a vital piece of information as the committee investigates the withdrawal from Afghanistan. McCaul has been asking the department for the document for months.
The subpoena comes as the Biden administration is facing criticism from both sides of the aisle for its handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Republicans have accused the administration of not consulting with Congress and not providing enough information about the withdrawal. Democrats, meanwhile, have accused the administration of not doing enough to ensure the safety of U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.
The State Department has yet to comment on the subpoena. It is unclear if or when the department will comply with the subpoena.
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