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Foreign Affairs Committee votes to report contempt finding against Secretary Antony Blinken after heated debate
Summary
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 26–25 to report a contempt resolution to the House accusing Secretary of State Antony Blinken of refusing to comply with a subpoena tied to the committee’s Afghanistan withdrawal investigation after hours of partisan debate.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to report a resolution to the full House recommending that Secretary of State Antony Blinken be held in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena issued in the committee's investigation of the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. The committee approved the motion to report the contempt resolution by a recorded vote of 26–25.
The measure, moved at markup by the Chair, grew out of a months-long inquiry into the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Chair said the committee had repeatedly sought Blinken’s testimony, cited a May 22 public request and an Aug. 19 phone call, and argued that State Department delays and the refusal to produce particular documents and witnesses left the…
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