Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki has agreed to a sitdown interview this month in the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s probe into the U.S. military’s exit from Afghanistan.
The committee was prepared to subpoena Psaki if she failed to cooperate.
From The New York Post:
Last month, committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) announced Psaki had tentatively agreed to appear July 26, pending White House approval.
The Biden administration has since given the green light, and the Psaki sitdown is “fully set,” a committee spokesperson told The Post Tuesday, confirming an Axios report.
“The Committee has a vested interest in understanding those diplomatic and information transmission failures, which led to misrepresentations regarding, amongst other things, coordination with allies, contingency planning, the foreseeability of Afghanistan’s collapse, and the safety of Americans and allies in Afghanistan,” McCaul said last month.
Ultimately, the White House counsel’s office told the panel it would allow Psaki to be interviewed as an “extraordinary accommodation.”
Psaki left the White House in May 2022 and is currently a host and analyst on MSNBC.
More over at Axios:
Scoop: After month of back and forth, Psaki agrees to sit for an interview July 26 in the House probe into the Afghanistan exit led Rep. McCaul, according to a letter obtained by Axios. https://t.co/pkbicmeFjQ
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