Grenell on Afghan withdrawal, 'lies': 'Washington DC's politics has literally killed Americans'

Former Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell railed against Washington politics and its lying about President Biden's July call with the former Afghan president on "Fox News Primetime."

"I am not surprised that Washington, D.C. is lying to us again. Unfortunately, Tammy, we have a situation where Washington, D.C.'s politics has literally killed Americans. And while this can go on in Washington and those in Washington can paper it over and try to spin that they got 90% of Americans out of Afghanistan. The rest of us outside of Washington are saying ‘we have never seen a situation where Washington, D.C. politicians are proud of 90%’," he said. "What we hear, what the rest of us hear is that 'you left 10% of the people in Afghanistan and you're trying to spin this'. I really never thought that I would see this moment come." Grenell, who served under President Donald Trump, said a clear sign of this troubling dynamic is that U.S. intelligence officers are now "leaking [to the press] against Democrats" – remarking that the intel bureaucracy usually leaks exclusively to the detriment of Republican administrations.