Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said during an interview over the weekend that “criminal” activity from the Biden administration related to its withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021 should be investigated by the incoming Trump administration.
Mullin made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper when asked about President Joe Biden issuing blanket pardons for individuals so the Department of Justice cannot prosecute them in the future.
“As far as weaponizing the DOJ and going after political opponents, the only party that’s ever done that is the Democrat Party,” Mullin said. “When President Trump was in office the first time as the 45th president, he didn’t go after the Clintons. He didn’t do this.”
“When they went after classified documents, they obviously treated President Trump much different than they did President Biden,” he said. “And so who weaponizes them? Now, if they are afraid of that because they’re afraid the same tool they used against President Trump could be used against them, then, hey, President Biden has the right to do that. But I don’t think they have a reason to be afraid.”
He later added: “The first thing we need to do is hold people accountable from the Afghanistan withdrawal. That’s where they should be looking at, because I think there was real criminal activity that took place there, like, for instance, Ambassador Pommersheim telling me personally, when we were over there trying to get Americans out and my group trying to get Americans out, that he was told not to assist us in any way, not to assist us in any way from Washington, D.C.”
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“Who gave him that order that he wasn’t supposed to help me as a member of Congress at the time trying to get Americans out?” he continued. “We’re there on the ground pulling people across the Panjshir bridge into Tajikistan. He’s the ambassador of Tajikistan. And he was told by the State Department not to assist us in any way. That’s a criminal charge that should be investigated. Those things should be looked at.”
WATCH:
After Trump said members of the January 6 Committee “should go to jail,” @SenMullin tells @jaketapper, “I don’t think they have a reason to be afraid” but adds, “I think that investigation should be looked into if there was criminal activity that took place.” pic.twitter.com/UVfgdzHzqx
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) December 8, 2024
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said during an interview over the weekend that “criminal” activity from the Biden administration related to its withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021 should be investigated by the incoming Trump administration.
Mullin made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper when asked about President Joe Biden issuing blanket pardons for individuals so the Department of Justice cannot prosecute them in the future.
“As far as weaponizing the DOJ and going after political opponents, the only party that’s ever done that is the Democrat Party,” Mullin said. “When President Trump was in office the first time as the 45th president, he didn’t go after the Clintons. He didn’t do this.”
“When they went after classified documents, they obviously treated President Trump much different than they did President Biden,” he said. “And so who weaponizes them? Now, if they are afraid of that because they’re afraid the same tool they used against President Trump could be used against them, then, hey, President Biden has the right to do that. But I don’t think they have a reason to be afraid.”
He later added: “The first thing we need to do is hold people accountable from the Afghanistan withdrawal. That’s where they should be looking at, because I think there was real criminal activity that took place there, like, for instance, Ambassador Pommersheim telling me personally, when we were over there trying to get Americans out and my group trying to get Americans out, that he was told not to assist us in any way, not to assist us in any way from Washington, D.C.”
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“Who gave him that order that he wasn’t supposed to help me as a member of Congress at the time trying to get Americans out?” he continued. “We’re there on the ground pulling people across the Panjshir bridge into Tajikistan. He’s the ambassador of Tajikistan. And he was told by the State Department not to assist us in any way. That’s a criminal charge that should be investigated. Those things should be looked at.”
WATCH:
After Trump said members of the January 6 Committee “should go to jail,” @SenMullin tells @jaketapper, “I don’t think they have a reason to be afraid” but adds, “I think that investigation should be looked into if there was criminal activity that took place.” pic.twitter.com/UVfgdzHzqx
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) December 8, 2024
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