The new Republican-led House of Representatives has launched an investigation into Joe Biden after reports of classified documents from his time as Vice President was discovered at Biden’s private office in Washington D.C.
CNN reported on Tuesday that at least 10 classified documents containing U.S. intelligence memos and briefing materials on Iran, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom were discovered at Biden’s private office.
“The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating President Biden’s failure to return vice-presidential records — including highly classified documents — to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in violation of the Presidential Records Act,” wrote Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer in a letter to White House Counsel Stuart Delivery.
“Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Justice and NARA have made compliance with the Presidential Records Act a top priority,” the letter further read, referencing the recent criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump. “President Biden has claimed he was not going to ‘get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take.’”
“The Committee expects President Biden will receive equal treatment under the law given that he maintained classified documents in his unsecured office for several years with access to an unknown number of people,” Rep. Comer added. “President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, also planned to share an office with an individual affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, which raises questions about who else had access to these highly sensitive documents because of President Biden’s ‘totally irresponsible’ actions.”
Rep. Comer has asked the White House to provide the following documents within two weeks to the House Committee:
following documents and information to the Committee:
– All documents retrieved from President Biden’s personal office at the Penn Biden Center;
– All internal documents and communications regarding the documents retrieved from President Biden’s personal office at the Penn Biden Center;
– A list of all people who had access to President Biden’s personal office at the Penn Biden Center;
– All documents and communications related to the handling of the classified material by President Biden’s personal lawyers—including but not limited to their security clearance status; and
– All documents and communications between or among the White House and the Department of Justice or NARA regarding the documents retrieved from President Biden’s personal office at the Penn Biden Center.
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the documents marked classified that were found at a private office once used by Pres. Biden. Chairman James Comer joins CBS News' @nancycordes to discuss what answers the committee wants. pic.twitter.com/a7Ewfrc5HR
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