{"id":2323284,"date":"2024-08-12T17:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-investigator-of-house-foreign-affairs-committee-resigns-over-committees-disappointing-lack-of-courage-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T17:25:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T21:25:26","slug":"senior-investigator-of-house-foreign-affairs-committee-resigns-over-committees-disappointing-lack-of-courage-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-investigator-of-house-foreign-affairs-committee-resigns-over-committees-disappointing-lack-of-courage-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior investigator of House Foreign Affairs Committee resigns over committee\u2019s \u2018disappointing lack of courage\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fsenior-investigator-of-house-foreign-affairs-committee-resigns-over-committees-disappointing-lack-of-courage-washington-examiner%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=2323284&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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">senior investigator<\/a> for the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Jerry \u2064Dunleavy, has resigned due to frustrations with Chairman Michael McCaul&#8217;s\u2062 leadership and \u200bthe committee&#8217;s\u2062 approach to investigating \u200cthe Biden administration&#8217;s withdrawal from Afghanistan in\u2062 2021. In his resignation letter, Dunleavy criticized McCaul for failing to seek accountability or answers regarding the withdrawal,\u200c which he deemed a disastrous decision with \u200csignificant consequences. Despite acknowledging some accomplishments of the committee, Dunleavy expressed disappointment\u2062 over missed opportunities and a perceived\u200b lack \u200cof courage \u200bto pursue critical testimonies and investigations related to the withdrawal. He stated \u2063that his conscience compelled him\u200d to resign publicly after\u2062 a year of urging the committee to conduct a serious inquiry. In response, a spokesperson for McCaul noted the challenges posed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-counterpunch-governor-greg-abbott-touts-his-state-as-the-land-of-freedom-and-opportunity\/\" title=\"Exclusive -- American Counterpunch: Governor Greg Abbott Touts His State as the Land of Freedom and Opportunity\">legal constraints<\/a> and\u2064 lack\u2064 of cooperation\u2062 from the \u2064White House,\u2063 mentioning that a report on the investigation would be released, detailing testimonies from senior Biden \u2064administration officials.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senior investigator of House Foreign Affairs Committee resigns over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-bannon-bid-to-avoid-prison-sentence-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court rejects Bannon bid to avoid prison sentence - Washington Examiner\">committee&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s &lsquo;disappointing lack of courage&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1727396\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A senior investigator at the House Foreign Affairs Committee has resigned over what he says is Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Michael-mccaul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michael McCaul<\/a>&rsquo;s (R-TX) failure &ldquo;to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-teacher-bullies-student-for-taking-colorblind-approach-to-classroom-assignment\/\" title=\"Watch: Teacher Bullies Student For Taking Colorblind Approach To Classroom Assignment\">seek answers<\/a> &amp; accountability&rdquo; on the Biden administration&rsquo;s withdrawal from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Afghanistan<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Dunleavy announced his resignation Monday over his frustration with the committee. Dunleavy worked at the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> as a reporter from 2019 to 2023 until his departure to work for the committee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe the Committee&rsquo;s work has been important, and the investigation has repeatedly uncovered evidence further solidifying the undeniable fact that the dangerous decision by President Biden &mdash; one strongly supported by Vice President Harris &mdash; to fully and rapidly pull out all U.S. troops from Afghanistan with no plan for how to deal with the inevitable fallout was a deadly disaster,&rdquo; Dunleavy wrote in his resignation letter posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even as I applaud the Committee&rsquo;s successes, many of which have come because of your continued leadership on this issue, I must also recognize and highlight the investigation&rsquo;s faults, particularly the missed opportunities resulting from the Committee&rsquo;s unwillingness or inability to pursue critical testimony and from its failure to go down key investigative avenues,&rdquo; Dunleavy wrote to McCaul.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: I resigned in protest from Chairman McCaul&rsquo;s House Foreign Affairs investigation into the Biden-Harris Admin&rsquo;s disastrous &amp; deadly Afghanistan withdrawal. Resignation letter below. Despite my repeated urging, McCaul failed to seek answers on &amp; accountability for the debacle.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lTBrKCXJkx\">pic.twitter.com\/lTBrKCXJkx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy IV &#127482;&#127480; (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1822983079171956805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;McCaul &amp; the Committee made promises to the Abbey Gate Gold Star families &amp; to the American public at large &mdash; &amp; those promises simply have not been kept,&rdquo; he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Dunleavy addressed the public nature of his resignation, saying he &ldquo;did not come lightly to this decision to resign &amp; to blow the whistle publicly, but I could not be a part of this sham any longer &amp; my conscience simply will not allow me to be silent.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dunleavy said that for a year, he pushed the committee to &ldquo;do the right thing&rdquo; and run a &ldquo;serious&rdquo; investigation in pursuit of the truth. However, he said, &ldquo;It has become undeniably clear to me that McCaul &amp; his team are unwilling to take even the most basic steps necessary to ensure that President Biden, VP Harris, &amp; all the top Biden-Harris diplomatic &amp; national security &amp; military leaders are made to answer for the horrors which unfolded &amp; continue to unfold in Afghanistan &amp; around the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Committee&rsquo;s disappointing lack of courage &amp; lack of moral clarity just cannot go unremarked,&rdquo; Dunleavy added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 16, 2024. Iran&rsquo;s attack against Israel over the weekend has spurned a flurry of bipartisan legislative action in Congress. It has united lawmakers against the country even as the risk of a larger regional war looms. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Dunleavy was pleased with some interviews the committee had conducted, he expressed frustration with those he sought but could not attain. He said he pursued interviews with key military operatives involved in the withdrawal as well as those with knowledge of any U.S.-Taliban relations, but he said those efforts did not come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the W<em>ashington Examiner<\/em>, Emily Cassil, a spokeswoman for McCaul and the committee, noted the legal parameters surrounding congressional authority as well as a lack of cooperation from White House officials, which she said put limitations on the investigation. A report will be released in September detailing more information about the withdrawal from Afghanistan, which includes testimony from approximately 20 senior Biden administration officials, according to Cassil.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Having worked for Chairman McCaul for two years, I can tell you he pours his heart and soul into getting answers for our Gold Star families and Afghanistan veterans,&rdquo; Cassil said. &ldquo;That will be evident in a few weeks when he releases his expansive report, which is the result of thousands of hours of work on both the staff and member level. Its release will not be the end of our work, but a crucial next step toward ensuring the personal accountability that the Biden-Harris administration refused to provide.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The committee added that it is the only group investigating the United States&rsquo;s withdrawal from Afghanistan and that it has been comprehensively seeking answers and scrutinizing the Biden administration in pursuit of the truth. However, while challenges over jurisdiction exist, the committee said that hasn&rsquo;t kept it from finding ways to obtain the necessary information.<\/p>\n<p>In his resignation letter, Dunleavy noted House Republicans&rsquo; majority in the lower chamber, but he said McCaul has not utilized that majority in the ways that the House Oversight Committee, for example, has.&nbsp;He also argued that there is a larger problem afoot in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-invites-united-nations-to-probe-systemic-racism-in-american-policing\/\" title=\"State Department Invites United Nations To Probe \u2018Systemic Racism\u2019 In American Policing\">repeatedly made clear<\/a> to the Committee, I fear that those in the halls of power &mdash; the White House, State Dept, intel community, Pentagon &mdash; have failed to learn the needed lessons from America&rsquo;s defeat in the war in Afghanistan. Washington has a widespread culture of unaccountability, &amp; that has been especially true related to this war,&rdquo; Dunleavy said on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I fear that this Committee&rsquo;s investigation will embolden, rather than remedy, that perverse culture,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1727396\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1727396\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior investigator for the House Foreign Affairs Committee has stepped down, citing Chairman Michael McCaul&#8217;s (R-TX) failure to pursue accountability regarding the Biden administration&#8217;s 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. Jerry Dunleavy expressed his frustration with the committee in a resignation letter shared on social media. He previously worked as a reporter for the Washington Examiner from 2019 to 2023 before joining the committee. In his letter, Dunleavy emphasized that while he acknowledges some successes of the committee, he is disappointed by its missed opportunities and reluctance to seek crucial testimonies related to this issue. He criticized McCaul and the committee for not fulfilling promises made to Gold Star families and American citizens regarding accountability for what he described as a disastrous decision by President Biden and Vice President Harris. Dunleavy stated that after a year of urging serious investigations into these matters, it became clear that McCaul\u2019s team was unwilling to take necessary steps toward holding key figures accountable for ongoing issues stemming from the withdrawal. He lamented what he sees as a broader culture of unaccountability in Washington concerning this conflict. In response, Emily Cassil, spokesperson for McCaul and the committee, highlighted legal constraints on their authority and lack of cooperation from White House officials but assured that an extensive report detailing findings about Afghanistan will be released soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2323285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/michael-mccaul.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37921,37922,6522,37920,35107],"class_list":["post-2323284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-houseforeignaffairscommittee","tag-politicalnews","tag-resignation","tag-seniorinvestigator","tag-washingtonexaminer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/michael-mccaul.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323284","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}