{"id":1962376,"date":"2023-07-01T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-demands-answers-from-blinken-on-iran-negotiators-suspension\/"},"modified":"2023-07-01T15:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T19:57:05","slug":"house-republican-demands-answers-from-blinken-on-iran-negotiators-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-demands-answers-from-blinken-on-iran-negotiators-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republican seeks clarification from Blinken regarding suspension of Iran negotiator."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhouse-republican-demands-answers-from-blinken-on-iran-negotiators-suspension%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=1962376&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--><h2>House Foreign Affairs Chairman Demands Answers on Suspension of Iran Special Envoy<\/h2>\n<p>House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) has called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-next-step-is-9-11-type-commission-to-investigate-january-6\/\" title=\"Pelosi: \u2018Next Step\u2019 Is 9\/11-Type Commission To Investigate January 6\">provide answers<\/a> regarding the decision to place Iran Special Envoy Rob Malley on leave while his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-china-is-stealing-dna-of-u-s-citizens\/\" title=\"Report: China is Stealing DNA of U.S. Citizens\">security clearance<\/a> is under review. Malley was leading President Joe Biden&#8217;s efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal, but his conduct is now being investigated, including possible mishandling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<h3>Raising Serious Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>In a letter to Blinken, McCaul expressed serious concerns about Malley&#8217;s conduct and whether the State Department misled Congress and the American public. The news of Malley&#8217;s suspension comes at a time when the Committee has discovered that the Biden administration held meetings with Iranian officials in May. McCaul emphasized the importance of congressional oversight on Iran negotiations and policy, as well as transparency and accountability from the Department and the rest of the Biden Administration.<\/p>\n<h3>Lack of Transparency<\/h3>\n<p>The Committee has been requesting testimony from Malley since April for oversight purposes, but the Department has refused these requests, citing Malley&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-demands-answers-from-blinken-on-iran-negotiators-suspension\/\" title=\"House Republican seeks clarification from Blinken regarding suspension of Iran negotiator.\">personal leave due<\/a> to a family member&#8217;s illness. McCaul was not informed about Malley&#8217;s security clearance suspension or the investigation into potential misconduct until he learned about it through news reports. This lack of transparency has raised concerns about the Department&#8217;s candor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-launches-probe-into-scandal-plagued-biden-iran-envoy\/\" title=\"Congress investigates scandal-ridden Biden Iran envoy.\">potentially unlawful misinformation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Request for Information<\/h3>\n<p>The Committee has requested that the Department provide all information and communications related to the allegations against and investigations into Malley&#8217;s conduct by July 11. This information will be crucial for congressional review and ensuring accountability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) sought explanations from Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the suspension of Iran Special Envoy Rob Malley&#8217;s security clearance. Malley played a crucial role in President Joe Biden&#8217;s efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal. Blinken&#8217;s team confirmed this development on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1962377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}