It seems the only thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on is that Mullin’s claims about a classified mission stink to high heaven. During Mullin’s Senate confirmation hearing, Senators Gary Peters and Rand Paul pressed the Oklahoma Republican on his claims about having receiving combat experience abroad, even though he never enlisted in the U.S. military.
Earlier in the hearing, Mullin had said that in 2015 he was “asked to train with a very small contingency and go to a certain area, which was scheduled for 2016. During that time I was asked to go through, had to meet certain training qualifications.”
When asked why he failed to include this on his travel report to the FBI, Mullin said he had been asked about travel with the exception of official trips, and claimed the trip was classified.
“You didn’t provide any of that, and today is the first time I’m hearing about your classified activities from 2015 to 2016. Quite frankly, as we’ve had these conversations, you have not been forthcoming with me or this committee. The story always seems to evolve, to kind of change.”
Mullin insisted he did not have to disclose his official travel. “I complied with exactly what the committee said,” he said.
“I didn’t say ‘all,’” Mullin pushed back.
“And I’m still willing to have a vote tomorrow, but I can cancel the vote tomorrow,” Paul warned.
“I have zero issue with talking about it, but I don’t have clearance to talk about it this afternoon,” Mullin said, claiming only four people had been read in on the mission that was classified by the House.
“I’m assuming, I wasn’t on [the Intelligence Committee],” Mullin said.
“Well, it’s a little difficult to go ask about a program that has no name, and we have nobody that we know to talk to about it, so I don’t know how we would begin doing this without your cooperation,” Paul said.
“I’m willing to hold the vote tomorrow, but you brought this up, that you were on a super secret mission—” Paul said.
Peters asked Mullin what committee he was working on at the time. “Energy and Commerce,” he replied.
Mullin continued to spiral out, claiming that it hadn’t been a mission—though he’d previously referred to it that way—and begging Senator John Lankford to step in and help. In the end, Paul said that every senator would need to be invited to the SCIF. “It’s all or none,” he said.
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