{"id":2250339,"date":"2024-05-22T12:35:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-threatened-with-house-subpoena-if-she-doesnt-comply-report\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:37:08","slug":"jen-psaki-threatened-with-house-subpoena-if-she-doesnt-comply-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-threatened-with-house-subpoena-if-she-doesnt-comply-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Jen Psaki Faces House Subpoena Threat for Non-Compliance"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fjen-psaki-threatened-with-house-subpoena-if-she-doesnt-comply-report%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=2250339&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--><p>In\u200d a\u200b developing story, a prominent House Republican has issued a subpoena threat to former White House press secretary Jen Psaki. The summons pertains to her testimony\u2063 on President Joe Biden&#8217;s troubled Afghan withdrawal, \u200binvolving the deaths of 13 U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">service members<\/a> and the transfer of military equipment to terrorists. Psaki&#8217;s reluctance to engage with Congress prompts heightened scrutiny. In\u2063 a recent\u200b development, a senior House Republican has threatened to subpoena former\u200d White House\u200c press\u200c secretary Jen Psaki. The subpoena relates to \u200dher testimony on \u200dPresident\u200b Joe Biden&#8217;s controversial \u2062Afghan withdrawal, which resulted\u200c in \u200dthe deaths of 13 U.S. service \u200cmembers and \u200cthe transfer of military equipment \u2064to \u2062terrorists.\u200b Psaki&#8217;s \u200davoidance \u2063of engaging with\u200d Congress \u2062is drawing increased scrutiny.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 22, 2024 at 7:30am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A top House Republican has threatened former White House press secretary Jen Psaki with a subpoena if she does not voluntarily testify before Congress about President Joe Biden\u2019s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 sudden and chaotic exit from the country ended in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/boebert-doubles-calling-biden-13-dead-service-members-absolutely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the deaths of 13 U.S. service members<\/a> and billions of dollars in weapons ending up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gift-keeps-giving-taliban-finding-new-use-abandoned-american-equipment-watchdog-warns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the hands of terrorists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-lawmakers-seek-symbolic-honor-soldiers-killed-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael McCaul<\/a> of Texas, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is investigating the country\u2019s end to the two-decade war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/22\/house-republicans-psaki-subpoena-afghanistan-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, he has sought to hear Psaki\u2019s side of the colossal military and leadership failure, but she has declined to speak with his committee since last September.<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liar-liar-jen-psaki-forced-make-embarrassing-change-book-pro-biden-lie-gets-exposed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she claimed falsely in her new book<\/a> released this month that her then-boss, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-biden-appears-check-watch-dignified-transfer-service-members-killed-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>, never looked at his watch during the dignified transfer of remains of some of the killed U.S. service members, McCaul renewed a push to speak with Psaki.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter addressed to both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-ex-biden-spox-jen-psaki-explains-president-avoid-press-conferences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the now-MSNBC ancho<\/a>r and her attorney Emily Loeb this week, McCaul demanded accountability and transparency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a private citizen, willing and able to publish a memoir on her tenure as White House Press Secretary, I encourage Ms. Psaki to refrain from relying on thin legal arguments to dodge her responsibility to appear before Congress,\u201d McCaul wrote in his letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee will not tolerate Ms. Psaki\u2019s continued obstruction of its critical investigation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Republican concluded he felt Psaki was making an attempt to cash in on the deaths of American soldiers by publishing the book \u201cSay More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should Jen Psaki be subpoenaed?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Psaki had already updated the ebook to retract a false claim that Biden did not look at his watch multiple times in 2021 as the president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/father-marine-killed-kabul-attack-calls-bidens-behavior-dignified-transfer-disrespectful-thing-ever-seen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">met with<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">family members<\/a> of dead American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-10-us-service-members-now-reported-killed-in-kabul-bombings-death-toll-likely-to-rise\/\" title=\"At Least 10 US Service Members Now Reported Killed In Kabul Bombings, \u2018Death Toll Likely To Rise\u2019\">service members killed<\/a> at the airport in Kabul when U.S. forces scrambled for the exits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is troubling that Ms. Psaki seeks to profit off the Afghanistan tragedy, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-faces-possible-subpoena-over-book-after-false-claim-about-biden-report\/\" title=\"Psaki May Face Subpoena Due to False Biden Claim in Book: Report\">felt comfortable writing accounts<\/a> and making them available to the general public, but refuses to make herself available to Congress,\u201d McCaul wrote, Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p>Axios concluded McCaul threatened Psaki with a subpoena in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/press-release\/chairman-mccaul-delivers-remarks-at-hearing-with-bidens-top-generals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarks earlier this year<\/a> on the investigation into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-administration-denies-irans-request-assistance-wake-presidents-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Biden administration\u2019s<\/a> Afghanistan withdrawal, McCaul stated that \u201cnothing was done\u201d by the Pentagon or White House when intelligence experts warned them that conditions in the country were deteriorating before the scheduled exit date of the military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, our investigation uncovered the White House refused to listen to warnings about the situation on the ground,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople all over the world watched as babies were flung over barbed wire fence[s] by mothers without hope, desperate Afghans fell to their deaths from airplanes, and hordes of people surrounded the airport as they tried to flee for their lives,\u201d McCaul also said.<\/p>\n<p>When addressing family members of the U.S. service members killed at the Kabul airport, McCaul said, \u201cI will not rest until I get to the bottom of this tragedy. You deserve answers. The American people deserve answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-reschenthaler-blasts-bidens-dangerous-anti-american-agenda-after-iran-backed-rebels-storm-u-s-embassy-in-yemen\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Rep. Reschenthaler Blasts Biden\u2019s \u2018Dangerous Anti-American Agenda\u2019 After Iran-Backed Rebels Storm U.S. Embassy in Yemen\">congressman concluded<\/a> by saying that the sacrifices of the troops would not be forgotten, even though, as he said, \u201cThe president has never publicly stated the names of your children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCaul is seeking to release a report about the exit from Afghanistan by the end of the summer, Axios reported.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44767\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44767\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44767\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44767\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44767\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Johnathan &#8220;Kipp&#8221; Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In breaking news on May 22, 2024, a senior House Republican warns Jen Psaki of a subpoena unless she testifies voluntarily in Congress. 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