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Psaki to Face Subpoena If She Fails to Cooperate With Oversight of Afghanistan Withdrawal

 

Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, now a host on MSNBC, missed another deadline to sit for a transcribed interview with House lawmakers conducting oversight of the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. 

AsTownhallreportedinlateMay,followingmonthsofrefusalsonthepartofPsakitocooperatewithacongressionalinquiry,Psakiwasagainremindedthather“thinlegalarguments”usedinattemptsto“dodgeresponsibility”forherroleasthepresident’sspokespersonduringtheAfghanwithdrawal,werenotsufficient.  Afterall,ifPsakiwasabletopublishamemoirabouthertimeaspresssecretary,shewouldcertainlybeabletoanswerquestionsaboutthesametimelineinaninterviewwithlawmakers.  InaMay21letter,HouseForeignAffairsCommitteeChairmanMichaelMcCaul(R-TX)—whosecommitteeisinvestigatingBiden’sdisastrousanddeadlywithdrawal—declaredthat“Psaki’sdeliberatenoncompliance”hadgoneonlongenoughandagainrequestedPsakichooseoneofthreedatestositforatranscribedinterview—June12,Ju