Former White House press secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki has agreed to be interviewed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said this week.
McCaul’s committee has for months sought Psaki’s testimony on President Biden’s 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
On a letter to Psaki dated Monday, McCaul wrote that his office was accepting Psaki’s commitment to appear for a transcribed interview on July 26.
“However, I understand that you conditioned your appearance on White House approval,” McCaul wrote. “As my team has informed your attorney, it is up to a witness appearing before the Committee to make any arrangements with third parties.”
The president said he expects Psaki to “resolve the conditionality of her appearance by June 26, 2024.”
“If not, I shall treat your June 12 response as a refusal to appear and you will be required to give evidence on July 26, 2024,” McCaul said.
The Hill reached out to a representative for Psaki for comment on McCaul’s letter on Monday.
McCaul earlier this month threatened to issue a subpoena to compel Psaki to testify if she did not agree to speak to the committee about Biden’s voluntary troop withdrawal.
At the time, Psaki’s lawyer told The Hill that the former top White House aide “respects the important oversight role of the Foreign Affairs Committee and wants to be as helpful as possible in responding to the Committee’s legitimate requests for oversight.”
Psaki left the Biden White House in 2022 and has since joined MSNBC as its lead host and political analyst.
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