The House Foreign Affairs Committee chair has threatened to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress if he does not turn over a classified cable reportedly warning that Kabul could collapse soon after the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The letter escalates a monthslong standoff between the House committee and the Biden administration, which has so far been unwilling to turn over the document to Congress. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, on Monday released a May 5 letter demanding the State Department provide Congress with an unredacted version of the July 13, 2021, cable and its official response.
McCaul threatened Blinken with contempt of Congress and a possible civil enforcement proceeding if he does not comply with the committee’s request by 6 p.m. Thursday or provide a legal basis for withholding the document.
“The dissent cable and official response are critical and material to the Committee’s investigation into the catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal,” McCaul wrote in his letter.
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