House committee subpoenas Antony Blinken over refusal to testify in Afghanistan withdrawal probe
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday over his refusal to provide testimony related to the Harris-Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The committee, led by Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), has given Blinken a Sept. 19 deadline to answer questions before the panel or face being held in contempt of Congress.
“As Secretary of State throughout the withdrawal and [non-combatant evacuation operation], you were entrusted to lead these efforts and to secure the safe evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies,” McCaul wrote in a letter to the Harris-Biden administration official, explaining why his testimony is of great importance to House investigators.
