Top Republicans are investigating the Biden administration over a so-called Afghan Election Day terrorist plot
FIRST ON FOX: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., has led many other Republicans in demanding answers from the Biden-Harris administration about two Afghan nationals arrested in Oklahoma on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack on Election Day.
Earlier this month, an Afghan man living in Oklahoma was arrested and charged with plotting an Election Day terrorist attack with a young associate on behalf of ISIS.
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Sen. Rand Paul, right, spearheaded a letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, left, asking for critical information about Afghans suspected of planning terrorist attacks. (Reuters)
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, arrived in the country on September 9, 2021 on a special immigrant visa after the disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan under President Biden.
“After entering the United States, Tawhedi promoted ISIS propaganda, sent money to well-known charities linked to ISIS support networks, and liquidated all assets to purchase weapons; with the remainder destined for the ISIS Treasury,” wrote Paul the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a letter on Friday afternoon, joined by Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., James Lankford, R-Okla., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan.
“Tawhedi was working with a young associate with legal permanent resident status who entered the United States on March 27, 2018, using SIV. According to reports, the two Afghan nationals planned to carry out a violent, armed attack on the election. Date.”
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“This shocking incident adds to a growing list of similar security breaches, raising serious concerns about the ability of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to effectively protect our country,” the senators said.
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Afghans board a plane as they wait at Kabul airport in Kabul on August 16, 2021 after the dramatic end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people thronged the city's airport trying to escape the terror group's grip. a symbol of Islamist rule. (Getty Images)
“The vetting and vetting processes under the Biden-Harris administration are clearly failing, allowing criminals and people with terrorist links to exploit vulnerabilities in the system. Given the serious threat to American lives, it is imperative that we obtain detailed information to fully understand these issues,” the letter continued.
Republicans urged Mayorkas and DHS to hand over all records and information about Tawhedi and his co-conspirators' immigration and criminal history, as well as communications between federal departments and agencies about them and information in the Terrorism Intelligence Data Set.
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A reporter raises his hand to ask a question of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, during a press conference Monday, July 15, 2024 at the White House in Washington. (AP)
DHS did not immediately provide comment to Fox News Digital.
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Tawhedi was charged less than a month before Election Day, which will be held on November 5.
The memo from top Republicans on the Homeland Security committee comes two weeks before the presidential race.
