Thu May 16, 2024 AT 10:18 AM EDT
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., is requesting the Justice Department appoint a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden for withholding military aid to Israel, as House Republicans criticize the president for weakening U.S. support for the Jewish state.
Tenney sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland Wednesday asking him to review Biden’s decision to withhold an arms transfer that would aid Israel’s offensive in Rafah.
After signing the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act into law last month that allocated over $26 billion for Israel, Tenney said the president’s decision undermines the “principles of separation of powers” given to Congress. Read More Here