{"id":2324115,"date":"2024-08-13T21:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T01:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/key-player-resigns-from-congress-investigation-of-afghan-withdrawal-i-could-not-be-a-part-of-this-sham\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T21:45:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T01:45:22","slug":"key-player-resigns-from-congress-investigation-of-afghan-withdrawal-i-could-not-be-a-part-of-this-sham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/key-player-resigns-from-congress-investigation-of-afghan-withdrawal-i-could-not-be-a-part-of-this-sham\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Player Resigns from Congress&#8217; Investigation of Afghan Withdrawal: \u2018I Could Not Be a Part of This Sham&#8217;"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fkey-player-resigns-from-congress-investigation-of-afghan-withdrawal-i-could-not-be-a-part-of-this-sham%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=2324115&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>Jerry Dunleavy, a senior investigator for the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has resigned in protest of the committee&#8217;s \u2064handling of the\u200b investigation \u200binto\u2062 the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He criticized the inquiry as a &#8220;sham,&#8221; asserting that it failed to\u2064 hold key figures accountable,\u200c including \u2063Vice President Kamala Harris. Dunleavy\u2064 expressed his frustrations via social media, \u2064citing a lack of action from Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and the protection of prominent government leaders involved in the withdrawal. He highlighted failures \u2064in addressing the needs of Gold Star families and called out the\u2062 committee for neglecting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-the-fbi-illegally-politicized-background-investigations-for-republican-presidential-nominees\/\" title=\"FBI Report: Unlawful Bias in Background Checks for GOP Presidential Candidates\">interview crucial witnesses<\/a> \u200dand obtain essential documents. Despite his resignation, Dunleavy pledged to continue seeking accountability for the issues surrounding the withdrawal, which he claims have not \u200cbeen adequately addressed by the committee. A spokesperson for\u200d the committee disputed Dunleavy&#8217;s claims, stressing their commitment to the investigation.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section>\n<p>A key player in Congress&rsquo; investigation into the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has resigned in protest, calling the whole probe a &ldquo;sham&rdquo; that he refuses to condone.<\/p>\n<p>Senior investigator Jerry Dunleavy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1822983079171956805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> his resignation letter Monday on social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>Dunleavy, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/book-biden-let-65-afghan-terrorists-america-disastrous-withdrawal-just-look-done\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written a book<\/a> on the disastrous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/marine-afghanistan-withdrawal-arrives-dc-shows-happened-bidens-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdrawal from Afghanistan<\/a>, listed perceived failures of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and its members in the letter. In part, the investigator said the committee is protecting key government leaders, including Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I resigned in protest from Chairman [Michael] McCaul&rsquo;s House Foreign Affairs investigation into the Biden-Harris Admin&rsquo;s disastrous &amp; deadly Afghanistan withdrawal,&rdquo; Dunleavy wrote in his Monday post. &ldquo;Despite my repeated urging, McCaul failed to seek answers on &amp; accountability for the debacle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The investigator also asserted Abbey Gate Gold Star families, those with loved ones who were killed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-biden-says-no-soldiers-died-watch-forgets-13-marines-killed-kabul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a terror attack<\/a> at the entry to the Kabul Airport, have been failed by the committee.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>He blamed lawmakers for this alleged failure and many others, which Dunleavy claims are too numerous to allow for a credible and effective investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I did not come lightly to this decision to resign &amp; to blow the whistle publicly,&rdquo; Dunleavy continued in the post, &ldquo;but I could not be a part of this sham any longer &amp; my conscience simply will not allow me to be silent &mdash; after a year of pushing the Committee to do the right thing &amp; to run a serious investigation that relentlessly searches for the truth &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&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; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-investigator-of-house-foreign-affairs-committee-resigns-over-committees-disappointing-lack-of-courage-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Senior investigator of House Foreign Affairs Committee resigns over committee\u2019s \u2018disappointing lack of courage\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">national security &#038;amp<\/a>; military leaders are made to answer for the horrors which unfolded &amp; continue to unfold in Afghanistan &amp; around the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I was happy to join <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseKellyDC?\">@JesseKellyDC<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFirstonTV?\">@TheFirstonTV<\/a> to discuss my resignation from being a senior investigator for House Foreign Affairs. Chairman McCaul &amp; his Committee are failing to properly hold the Biden-Harris Admin accountable for the Afghan debacle.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TDWHxm4vza\">pic.twitter.com\/TDWHxm4vza<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy IV &#127482;&#127480; (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1823367707271610755?\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dunleavy vowed to continue the fight &ldquo;no matter what.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The investigator&rsquo;s four-page resignation letter, attached to the post, listed the alleged failures in painful detail. One issue was the committee&rsquo;s handling of witnesses, including some who were apparently never even called.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Those who have been allowed to escape such scrutiny include: Ambassador Tracey Jacobson, then the State Department Afghanistan Coordination Task Force and now the nominee to become Ambassador to Iraq; Wendy Sherman, the now-former Deputy Secretary of State; and Victoria Nuland, the now-former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs,&rdquo; Dunleavy&rsquo;s resignation said.<\/p>\n<p>Dunleavy listed a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hawks-are-awfully-sheepish-on-china\/\" title=\"The Hawks Are Awfully Sheepish on China\">high-ranking military personnel<\/a> who were not interviewed, despite his requests.<\/p>\n<p>The investigator claimed the committee has also failed to fulfill his request for &ldquo;key&rdquo; State Department documents.<\/p>\n<p>Among the leaders and generals Dunleavy called the committee to hold accountable is Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Finally,&rdquo; Dunleavy wrote, &ldquo;I have argued repeatedly that Vice President Kamala Harris should be held accountable for her role in the debacle in Afghanistan, especially now that she is the Democratic nominee for President of the United States and could soon be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-i-resigned-from-investigation-into-afghanistan-debacle\/\" title=\"Why I Resigned From Investigation Into Afghanistan Debacle\">making national security decisions<\/a> and directing foreign policy for our entire nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The investigator said the committee has refused to take action against Harris and has instead given him pushback on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Dunleavy was adamant the vice president must be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The record is clear that Vice President Harris says she was involved in President Biden&rsquo;s disastrous decision-making in 2021, including bragging that she was the last person in the room when President Biden made his foolish Go-to-Zero decision,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Read Dunleavy&rsquo;s full post and resignation letter below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">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?\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for committee Republicans disputed Dunleavy&rsquo;s assertions, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/newsletters\/defense-national-security\/4824823-investigator-in-gop-led-probe-of-afghanistan-withdrawal-resigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> that McCaul &ldquo;pours his heart and soul into getting answers for our Gold Star families and Afghanistan veterans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson noted the committee&rsquo;s full report has not yet been finished.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Senior investigator Jerry Dunleavy shared his resignation letter on social media platform X on Monday. Having authored a book about the troubled withdrawal, Dunleavy outlined what he sees as failures by the House Foreign Affairs Committee and its members in his letter. He specifically accused the committee of shielding key government officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I resigned in protest from Chairman [Michael] McCaul\u2019s House Foreign Affairs investigation into the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s disastrous and deadly Afghanistan withdrawal,&#8221; Dunleavy stated in his post. &#8220;Despite my repeated urging, McCaul failed to seek answers and accountability for this debacle.&#8221; He also claimed that families of Gold Star members who died during a terrorist attack at Kabul Airport have been let down by the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Dunleavy criticized lawmakers for these alleged shortcomings, asserting they are too numerous to allow for a credible investigation. &#8220;I did not take this decision to resign lightly or to blow the whistle publicly,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;but I could no longer be part of this sham; my conscience would not allow me to remain silent after pushing for over a year for serious investigations that genuinely seek out the truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He expressed frustration that McCaul and his team were unwilling to take even basic steps necessary to hold President Biden, Vice President Harris, and other top officials accountable for ongoing issues stemming from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Dunleavy pledged to continue advocating for accountability regardless of obstacles. His four-page resignation letter detailed various alleged failures by the committee regarding witness handling\u2014some witnesses were reportedly never called\u2014and highlighted several high-ranking military personnel who were not interviewed despite his requests.<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that key State Department documents had not been provided as requested by him and emphasized that Vice President Harris should be held accountable due to her involvement in decisions related to Afghanistan&#8217;s withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>In response, a spokesperson for Republican committee members disputed Dunleavy&#8217;s claims, stating that McCaul is dedicated to seeking answers for Gold Star families and veterans from Afghanistan while noting that their full report is still pending completion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2324116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Afghanistan-withdrawal-committee-member-resigns.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38078,4402,3976,5894,6522],"class_list":["post-2324115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-afghan-withdrawal","tag-congress","tag-investigation","tag-politics","tag-resignation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Afghanistan-withdrawal-committee-member-resigns.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324115","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=2324115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}