House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) threatened to subpoena the State Department last week for information on suspended Iran envoy Rob Malley.

In a July 26 letter, the two GOP leaders gave Secretary of State Tony Blinken an Aug. 2 deadline to respond to questions regarding Malley, who has been suspended for more than a year amid an investigation allegedly focusing on potential mishandling of classified documents.

If the State Department doesn’t provide adequate answers by the deadline, the lawmakers said they would “be compelled to pursue compulsory processes to secure any documents,

materials, and testimony relevant to our investigations from key members of your team.”

State Department officials have largely declined to comment on the status of the investigation or the allegations, citing ongoing investigations and internal procedures.

“The Department’s failure to cooperate with our repeated inquiries dating back to June 2023 into

the suspension of Mr. Robert Malley’s security clearance is deeply troubling,” Risch and McCaul said in their letter to Blinken. “Mr. Malley’s alleged misconduct is serious, and the Department’s lack of transparency and blatant disregard for the urgency of our requests is unacceptable.”

The lawmakers said they’ve received more information from press reports than from the State Department since a May 6 request for information, and that they have yet to receive an expected classified response to the May 6 inquiry or details about what the department will provide.

They also accused Blinken of failing to respond to written questions about how he would handle the Malley investigation given their long friendship.