{"id":1961753,"date":"2023-06-30T17:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-launches-probe-into-scandal-plagued-biden-iran-envoy\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T17:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:26:48","slug":"congress-launches-probe-into-scandal-plagued-biden-iran-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-launches-probe-into-scandal-plagued-biden-iran-envoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress investigates scandal-ridden Biden Iran envoy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongress-launches-probe-into-scandal-plagued-biden-iran-envoy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1961753&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Robert Malley had his security clearance revoked for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devin-nunes-blasts-nsa-director-paul-nakasone-over-political-targeting-of-former-trump-official-michael-ellis\/\" title=\"Devin Nunes Blasts NSA Director Paul Nakasone over Political Targeting of Former Trump Official Michael Ellis\">mishandling classified information<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h3>Iran envoy Robert Malley \/ Getty Images<\/h3>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday launched a formal investigation into U.S.-Iran Envoy Robert Malley following reports that the senior Biden administration official had his security clearance revoked for mishandling classified information.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The Department\u2019s failure to inform Congress of this matter demonstrates at best a lack of candor, and at worst represents deliberate and potentially unlawful misinformation,&#8221; Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas), the committee\u2019s chairman, wrote in a letter to the State Department, a copy of which was obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>McCaul and other Republican leaders suspect the Biden administration attempted to hide information about Malley\u2019s alleged mishandling of classified information. Malley has been on an extended leave of absence from the State Department, but it remains unclear if this is due to his current inability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-email-indicates-he-had-classified-info-in-his-possession\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Email Indicates He Had Classified Info In His Possession\">access classified information<\/a>. After news of his security clearance issue became public on Thursday, the State Department officially put Malley on unpaid leave.<\/p>\n<p>The revelations come as the Biden administration engages in secret diplomacy with Iran. The White House is working to secure a revamped nuclear deal that would provide the hardline regime with billions-of-dollars in sanctions relief. Malley appears to have been sidelined from the talks, which are reportedly being held in Oman.<\/p>\n<p>Malley confirmed late Thursday he was &#8220;informed that my security clearance is under review,&#8221; but would not provide additional information. The State Department, in comments to the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>, would only say that Malley is on a leave of absence, and declined to provide any details about the status of his security clearance and position in the administration.<\/p>\n<p>The situation, McCaul informed the State Department, raises &#8220;serious concerns both regarding Malley\u2019s conduct and whether the State Department misled Congress and the American public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the suspension of Special Envoy Malley\u2019s clearance is independently troubling, our concern is compounded by the State Department\u2019s failure to respond to the Committee\u2019s efforts to conduct oversight of its negotiations with and policy toward Iran,&#8221; McCaul wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The committee chairman is requesting that the State Department immediately turn over all internal information about the charges levied against Malley and brief members about &#8220;any and all allegations, investigations, and\/or findings of misconduct, including security violations, against Special Envoy Malley.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers first discovered Malley was on leave in mid-May, when he failed to appear for a classified briefing. At that time, lawmakers were only told that Malley was &#8220;on extended personal leave,&#8221; according to several sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>By June, however, congressional staffers and reporters began questioning the State Department about Malley\u2019s status, leading him to publicly confirm on Thursday afternoon that his security clearance was revoked.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have also begun probing the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.), a Foreign Affairs Committee member, told the <em>Free Beacon <\/em>that the Biden administration must immediately &#8220;come clean exactly how long he was compromised and how long they hid this from Congress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rob Malley represents the worst of Biden\u2019s foreign policy failures,&#8221; Issa said. &#8220;He counseled concessions to Iran, weakness to the Mullahs, and put America\u2019s interest last.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-waives-sanctions-on-iran-as-nuclear-talks-restart\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Waives Sanctions on Iran as Nuclear Talks Restart\">senior congressional source familiar<\/a> with the matter further confirmed to the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> that several oversight committees have already expressed an interest in probing Malley and the Biden administration\u2019s conduct.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gabriel Noronha, a senior Iran adviser at the State Department during the Trump administration, expressed concern about the Biden administration\u2019s &#8220;shifting and non-sensical explanations for Envoy Malley\u2019s leave of absence that simply don\u2019t add up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Until Thursday,&#8221; Noronha said, &#8220;State was telling Congress that Malley was on family leave. Only when the press exposed the investigation into security clearance did they suspend Malley without pay\u2014even though he appears to have been under investigation for months now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Foreign Affairs Committee is investigating U.S.-Iran Envoy Robert Malley after his security clearance was revoked for mishandling classified information. 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