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Biden Admin Has Another Classified Doc Problem – This Time Involving ‘Lack of Candor’ and Iran

The White House has done all it could to deflect from Joe Biden’s classified documents scandal. While there have been all kinds of leaks out of the Trump case, we haven’t heard much about the investigation into Biden and how he managed to get classified documents including from a time when he was a senator in 1974.

But that isn’t the only classified document problem going on in the Biden administration and once again there are big questions about how the Biden team has been handling this new matter.

Joe Biden’s Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, was stripped of his security clearance and placed on unpaid leave pending a State Department security investigation for possible mishandling of classified documents.

This is doubly concerning, as House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-TX) explained not just because of Malley’s alleged conduct, but also “whether the State Department misled Congress and the American public.”

McCaul noted, “While the suspension of Special Envoy Malley’s clearance is independently troubling, our concern is compounded by the State Department’s failure to respond to the Committee’s efforts to conduct oversight of its negotiations with and policy toward Iran. Since April 11, 2023, the Committee has repeatedly requested Special Envoy Malley’s testimony, which the Department has not fulfilled, despite Special Envoy Malley’s numerous press engagements dating back to May 30, 2023.”

Malley declined to appear before the committee due to illness of a close family member, according to McCaul’s letter. However, “At no point did the Department indicate that Special Envoy Malley’s security clearance was suspended or under review, or that he was being investigated for potential misconduct,” wrote the congressman.

He added “The Department’s failure to inform Congress of this matter demonstrates at best a lack of candor, and at worst represents deliberate and potentially unlawful misinformation.”

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