Blinken Subpoenaed Over Afghanistan Withdrawal

United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was issued a subpoena by Republican House Foreign Affairs Committee Representative Michael McCaul on Tuesday to testify about the catastrophic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Background: America’s 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan is considered one of the country’s most humiliating defeats. During the chaotic evacuation, 13 U.S. servicemen were killed in a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport.

Neither President Joe Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris attended the memorial for those servicemen on August 26, despite their administration being responsible for the tragedy. (Donald Trump did, and is being accused of politicizing the memorial.)

Subpoenaed: After an earlier phone call with a committee member, Blinken requested an alternative date to testify, but did not provide one by the following week. The committee repeatedly contacted Blinken’s department over a period of eight days, but still no date was provided.

On August 27, the committee notified the department that they would be forced to issue a subpoena; their response was to schedule another phone call on August 30. Now Blinken will be required to attend the hearing on September 19, 10 days after the original date.

Why Blinken? In his letter, McCaul identified Blinken as the “final decision-maker” in the evacuation. Therefore, he could provide information to identify how mistakes could have been avoided in the operation.

Hiding evidence: With two months until the presidential election, there are likely details about the Afghanistan withdrawal that Democrats don’t want exposed. As Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote in October 2021: “Many people say it proves Joe Biden’s incompetence. But this catastrophe isn’t the result of bungling and bad judgment. It is a deliberate, planned effort to destroy America. … This is not mere incompetence. It is calculated destruction. It is treachery!”

Learn more: Read “Afghanistan: Chaos by Design.”