Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki will sit down with lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as part of its investigation into the Biden administration’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2021.
Psaki will appear before lawmakers on July 26 to discuss her role in the withdrawal, as committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R‑TX) said she acted as an “authoritative source” while it was being conducted. The scheduled interview comes roughly nine months after McCaul initially requested her cooperation in September.
“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 wrote in a letter to Psaki. “As a former public servant, and now, a private citizen in the public sphere, you have a duty to appear before Congress when called upon.”
Although Psaki agreed to sit down to testify, the former press secretary has conditioned her appearance on whether th …