Republicans lawmakers have uncovered "Troubling allegations" that President Biden's suspended special envoy to Iran, Robert Malley, stored classified material on his personal email account and cellphone - which was later accessed by a "Hostile cyber actor."
The top Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committee on Monday asked the State Department to confirm the allegations against Malley, who was quietly placed on unpaid leave last June and had his security clearance suspended amid a State Department investigation reportedly centered on his potential mishandling of classified information.
The State Department has refused to reveal the exact nature of the allegations against Malley, leading Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member James Risch and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul to launch their own investigation into Biden's top diplomat for Iran.
"Specifically, we understand that Mr. Malley's security clearance was suspended because he allegedly transferred classified documents to his personal email account and downloaded these documents to his personal cell phone," Risch and McCaul wrote.
The lawmakers asked Blinken to provide more information about the amount of documents Malley allegedly had on personal devices and their level of classification.
A State Department spokesperson told The Post Tuesday that Malley remains on leave and that the department has provided Congress with information on personnel inquiries related to Iran policy.
Clinton was found to have stored tens of thousands of emails from her time at the State Department on several different unsecured private servers - including 81 email chains that discussed classified information and seven that referred to classified material determined to be at the Top Secret/Special Access Program level.
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