Republicans Demand Answers and Clarifications Over Claims That Exiled-Afghan Leader Fled With $169 Million in Cash

Two top House Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are demanding answers over the allegations that exiled Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country with $169 million in cash, as the Taliban terrorist group seized control of Kabul. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the top Republican on the committee, and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), the ranking member on the National Security subcommittee, wrote a letter (Read pdf below) to Attorney General Merrick Garland following accusations that Ghani took large sums of money with him as he departed the presidential palace. “President Ghani may have been self-dealing with U.S. funds intended for…