House will look at Biden and Trump classified documents, according to McCarthy
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says the House will review the classified documents cases for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
McCarthy says his call to look into both sets of documents comes from the House’s constitutional duty for oversight of the Justice Department.
“Look, the House, we have a constitutional responsibility to oversee the Justice Department, and that also means overseeing special counsels,” McCarthy said to reporters Tuesday. “So we will look into both situations.”
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McCarthy also laid out concerns over the way the Justice Department handled Trump and Biden’s classified documents cases — specifically the FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in August.
McCarthy contrasted the raid of Trump’s property with the manner in which the Justice Department has handled the revelation that Biden’s property had several classified documents.
“Now we have a current sitting president that had gone on 60 Minutes criticizing President Trump for what he’s done. We had all the Democrats attacking. They even put a special counsel prosecutor to go after President Trump on this. Before the election, they found out President Biden had these documents not under lock — a simple push of a button that could open a garage door that every American has and knows what happens with how people get robbed, mainly by going through a garage door. It makes it quite easy,” McCarthy said.
When asked if he has concerns over Trump’s handling of classified documents, McCarthy said he has concerns “when any classified documents are anywhere outside.”
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McCarthy’s insistence on investigating both classified cases comes as House Republicans look to scrutinize Biden’s classified documents and any potential connections to the president’s embattled son Hunter.
The House GOP has been less vocal about its intentions to investigate Trump. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) recently lamented how frequently Trump had been investigated under previous Congresses.