Rep. Rich McCormick said Friday on Newsmax that Biden administration officials “absolutely botched” the vetting of Afghan nationals evacuated during the 2021 withdrawal.
Speaking on Newsmax’s “National Report,” the Georgia Republican argued that senior leaders avoided direct answers when pressed on whether they knew who was loaded onto U.S. military flights during the chaotic airlift from Kabul.
He pointed to a resurfaced 2021 exchange in which Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asked then-Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas whether 99% of evacuees had been vetted before boarding aircraft.
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