{"id":1975466,"date":"2023-07-17T17:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T21:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-demand-independent-probe-into-rob-malley-security-clearance-fiasco\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T18:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T22:00:59","slug":"senators-demand-independent-probe-into-rob-malley-security-clearance-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-demand-independent-probe-into-rob-malley-security-clearance-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators urge independent inquiry on Rob Malley&#8217;s security clearance mishap."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsenators-demand-independent-probe-into-rob-malley-security-clearance-fiasco%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=1975466&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>Senate Republicans Demand \u2063Independent \u2064Investigation\u200b into \u200dBiden\u200b Administration&#8217;s \u2062Handling of Iran Envoy&#8217;s Security Clearance<\/h2>\n<p>Senate\u2063 Republicans \u2063are calling for \u2063an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bombshell-mi-judge-grants-attorney-matt-deperno-permission-to-release-results-of-forensic-examination-on-16-dominion-voting-machines-in-antrim-co-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING BOMBSHELL: MI Judge Grants Attorney Matt DePerno Permission To RELEASE Results Of Forensic Examination On 16 Dominion Voting Machines In Antrim Co. [VIDEO]\">independent investigation<\/a> by the State\u2062 Department&#8217;s inspector\u200d general\u2062 to \u2064determine\u2064 if Biden \u2063administration \u200cofficials attempted\u2062 to conceal information regarding the revocation\u2062 of Iran\u200d envoy Robert Malley&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-house-republican-suggests-biden-official-could-have-committed-treason\/\" title=\"GOP Leader Accuses Biden Official of Possible Treason\">security\u200b clearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent \u2062to\u2064 State \u200dDepartment acting \u2062inspector \u2064general\u2064 Diana\u2063 Shaw, a group of 17 senators, led\u2064 by South \u200cCarolina\u2064 Republican \u2064Tim Scott, \u200dare \u200cdemanding an investigation\u2064 into whether \u2062State \u2063Department officials followed\u200c all\u200c appropriate laws and \u2064regulations when removing Malley \u2062from his position.\u200c The senators are particularly concerned \u200babout why\u2063 Malley was \u200bonly placed \u200con unpaid leave \u2064after\u2064 news of\u2064 an \u2064FBI\u200d investigation into his \u2064actions became public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We \u2064were alarmed to\u2063 learn that\u200b the \u2062U.S. \u2064Department\u200b of State \u2063has\u2063 suspended Special Envoy \u200bfor \u2062Iran Robert\u200d Malley&#8217;s \u2063clearance, is\u200c conducting\u2063 an investigation\u200b into Malley&#8217;s handling of \u2063classified\u2062 information, \u200dand only recently\u2064 placed\u2063 Malley on\u200c leave without pay,&#8221; the \u200bsenators wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations \u200bagainst Malley come at a \u200ctime when the \u200cBiden \u200dadministration is engaged in \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-deems-biden-putin-summit-the-most-successful-diplomatic-mission-of-the-century\/\" title=\"Media Deems Biden-Putin Summit The Most Successful Diplomatic Mission Of The Century\">secret diplomacy<\/a>\u200b with \u2062Iran, aiming to secure \u2064a new nuclear\u200b deal. Reports suggest\u2062 that the United States is\u200c willing\u2064 to provide\u200c the cash-strapped Iranian regime with billions of dollars in exchange\u200b for limited restrictions\u200b on its nuclear program,\u2063 which\u2064 is \u2064now closer than\u200c ever\u2063 to developing \u200dan atomic weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier\u2064 this year, \u200bMalley had his security\u200c clearance \u200crevoked,\u2062 but\u2062 this\u200b information\u2063 was kept hidden from\u200c Congress until last month when Malley himself confirmed \u2063he\u2064 was on extended leave. Congressional leaders\u200c have initiated \u200dinvestigations\u2063 into\u200b the matter, \u200csuspecting that the Biden administration \u2064intentionally \u2062concealed\u200d the\u200d investigation into Malley&#8217;s mishandling of classified\u200c information.<\/p>\n<p>For \u2063a month,\u2064 the State Department\u2064 only stated that Malley \u2063was on \u2063extended leave \u2062for\u200b personal reasons, but later changed his status once the investigation\u200c became public. \u2062Malley&#8217;s official \u2064biography\u2062 has been removed\u2063 from \u200dthe \u200cState\u200d Department&#8217;s website, \u200band his image has\u200d been taken \u2064down \u200dfrom \u2063the Iran envoy&#8217;s Twitter page.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Scott\u2064 and \u200chis colleagues are seeking answers regarding when Malley was informed \u200cabout \u2063the revocation of\u2062 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> and when \u2064he turned in all\u2064 department-issued credentials. This information\u200b will help determine \u2064if the \u200cinvestigation \u2062into \u200dMalley began \u2062earlier\u200c than\u200c publicly known.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers are also questioning the \u200bState Department&#8217;s decision\u200d to place Malley on leave\u200d without\u2063 pay\u200b and \u2062want to \u2064know the\u2064 specific date this\u2063 decision\u2064 was \u2063made.<\/p>\n<h3>House\u200d Foreign\u200c Affairs\u2062 Committee Conducts\u200c Its Own\u200c Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>The House Foreign Affairs Committee, led by\u2064 Rep. Michael\u200b McCaul (R., Texas), \u2063is conducting\u200b its own investigation \u2064into \u2062the \u200cMalley scandal. \u2062However, the State Department \u200bis \u200dobstructing the \u2064probe\u2063 and has\u2064 refused\u2062 to provide further documents\u200c or information related to\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-demand-independent-probe-into-rob-malley-security-clearance-fiasco\/\" title=\"Senators urge independent inquiry on Rob Malley's security clearance mishap.\">personnel-security clearance\u200b matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department has \u2062also declined to\u200c answer press inquiries, stating that\u200b Malley\u200c &#8220;remains \u2063on leave&#8221;\u200d and \u2063citing privacy\u200d considerations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans want an independent probe by the State Department&#8217;s inspector general to determine if Biden officials concealed details about the removal of Iran envoy Robert Malley&#8217;s security clearance. A letter from 17 senators, headed by South, was sent to acting inspector general Diana Shaw on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":1975467,"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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/1975466","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\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}