Robert Malley
“The department failed to consistently notify employees who regularly interacted with Mr. Malley that he was no longer allowed to access classified information,” the inspector general’s report said.
Sources briefed on a U.S. congressional investigation say the files may have been shared to advance the American diplomat’s efforts regarding Iran.
Top Republican legislators have asked the State Department to confirm whether a “hostile cyber actor” was able to download classified material improperly stored on Robert Malley’s personal devices.
“Washington has yet to explain why it has not refrozen $16 billion it made available to Iran, enforced oil sanctions or assisted the Iranian people in their fight against the regime,” said Andrea Stricker of FDD.
Congress also voted overwhelmingly to keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and maintain the terror designation of the IRGC.
A U.S. State Department spokesman dismissed the report as something that happened almost a decade ago.
“The Tehran Times” presents a “sensitive but unclassified” memorandum, apparently acquired before U.S. legislators saw it.
The suspended Iran envoy is now teaching at Yale and Princeton universities.
The suspended Iran envoy, under investigation for mishandling classified information, is to teach a graduate-level course in foreign-policy decision-making.
A spokesperson for the House Foreign Affairs Committee told JNS that the Biden administration provided no details to the committee on the suspended State Department Iran envoy.
“A conviction would not necessarily sideline any nuclear deal,” said analyst Matthew Brodsky. “But it would provide a basis for more congressional oversight.”
Foggy Bottom has been stonewalling lawmakers, drawing sharp criticism from the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
