McCaul Threatens Blinken With Contempt Over Afghan Dissent Cable Subpoena

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a press conference at State Department in Washington on April 11, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has threatened to place Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress as a result of the probe into the United States’ departure from Afghanistan.

The House Foreign Affairs chairman sent a May 5 letter to Blinken as part of the latest development in the panel’s probe.