In 2023, the State Department suspended the security clearance for Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley and placed him on leave. The State Department failed to notify Congress for two months, and my committee and I only found out when media reports broke the shocking news.
Since then, I’ve been investigating allegations that Malley — one of the architects of the Obama administration’s Iran Nuclear Deal — downloaded classified information onto his personal devices, which were potentially hacked by Iran, the biggest state sponsor of terror in the world. Unfortunately, the State Department has refused to provide the information I’ve repeatedly requested.
At a time when Iran and its proxies are attacking Israel, our longstanding ally in the Middle East, and working to sow discord here in the U.S., the administration should demonstrate full transparency about Malley’s engagements with Iran, what led to Malley’s clearance suspension, and, if true, what the Iranians may know from him. Instead, the administration continues to withhold information and implement its policy of appeasement.
This week, Senator Jim Risch and I sent a letter to Secretary Blinken, stating that if the administration continues to obstruct my investigation into Robert Malley, I will be forced to issue a subpoena.
Read more about my investigation here.
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