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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Todd Young (R-IN), and John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Bob Menendez (D-NJ) urging to halt the Congressional notification to move $2.5 million of taxpayer funds to establish John Kerry’s new Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate until former Secretary Kerry answers the Senators’ questions on his reported disclosure of covert Israeli actions against Iranian interests in Syria to Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Last month, Rubio, Cruz, and 16 colleagues called on President Biden to investigate the serious allegations against Kerry.
“The details of the tape have not been disputed by Iran’s Foreign Ministry, and were implicitly confirmed by Foreign Minister Zarif in a recent public apology,” the senators wrote. “Several Republican Senators have called for an investigation into the veracity and context of the allegations against Kerry, and for his resignation or firing if the allegations are confirmed.”
Rubio, Cruz, Young, and Barrasso are members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
The full text of the letter is below.
Dear Chairman Menendez –
As you know, the New York Times recently reported – based on the contents of a leaked audiotape of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif – that according to Mr. Zarif, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry had previously leaked to him details regarding Israeli attacks against Iranian interests in Syria.
The details of the tape have not been disputed by Iran’s Foreign Ministry, and were implicitly confirmed by Foreign Minister Zarif in a recent public apology.
Secretary of State Blinken and the State Department’s spokesperson have not denied the allegations. Instead they have said that whatever Kerry disclosed was already public knowledge. On April 26, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said “you go back and look at press reporting from the time, this certainly was not secret, and governments that were involved were speaking to this publicly on the record.” On April 27, Secretary of State Blinken said “these things [the airstrikes] were all reported in the press at the time.”
As you know, those defenses are not tenable.
Several Republican Senators have called for an investigation into the veracity and context of the allegations against Kerry, and for his resignation or firing if the allegations are confirmed. However, Congress has limited leverage to ensure that these legitimate requests are addressed by the Biden administration.
On April 26, the Department of State transmitted to Congress a notification, CN 21-111, “notifying its intent to establish the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (S/SPEC) within the Office of the Secretary (S) and to reprogram $2.5 million in FY 2021 Diplomatic Programs funds from the Bureau of Budget and Planning to S in connection with SPEC’s establishment.”
We respectfully ask that you hold CN 21-111 until the State Department provides to Congress –