House Republicans are questioning Secretary of State Antony Blinken over a former Biden official who has been accused of mishandling classified documents and linked to an alleged “Iranian spy ring.”
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) sent a letter to Blinken on Wednesday asking for State Department communications involving Robert Malley, who used to be special envoy to Iran, and his security clearance. Malley is under criminal investigation by the FBI over his handling of classified documents and has been accused of being linked to an “Iranian spy ring” operating to shift U.S. policy to favor the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the Biden Administration’s efforts to conceal details about its ongoing secret nuclear negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran from Congress, ignoring statutory obligations for congressional oversight,” Comer and…