House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is preparing his committee to move forward with a contempt of charge against Secretary of State Antony as soon as May 24 after the State Department is expected to blow past a deadline to hand over a key document related to the August 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.The committee is specifically seeking a classified dissenting cable that U.S. State Department employees sent prior to the 's takeover on July 13, 2021. The cable warned about a 'deteriorating' security situation' and urged the immediate evacuation of allies, a warning that the Biden administration did not heed, say . Blinken is expected to miss the deadline of 6 p.m. ET Thursday May 11 to hand over the document or legal proceedings would be immediately started against him.
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