Biden documents: House panel seeking information from National Archives over classified docs
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The House Oversight Committee is looking into classified documents that were found at the Penn Biden Center from when President Joe Biden was vice president.
Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the committee, sent letters to the National Archives and White House Counsel’s Office requesting documents and communications regarding the classified documents that were found.
“For months, NARA failed to disclose to Committee Republicans or the American public that President Biden—after serving as Vice President—stored highly classified documents in a closet at his personal office. NARA learned about these documents days before the 2022 midterm elections and did not alert the public that President Biden was potentially violating the law,” Comer said in a letter to the National Archives.
Comer also inquired as to why Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents was treated differently than former President Donald Trump’s purported mishandling of classified documents.
He also raised concerns over the Obama-era documents being mishandled for years after Biden’s term as vice president ended.
“The Committee is concerned that President Biden has compromised sources and methods with his own mishandling of classified documents,” Comer said in a letter to White House counsel Stuart Delery.
Comer says he is seeking relevant communications and documents from both parties by Jan. 24.
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The roughly 10 classified documents Biden’s lawyers found at the Penn Biden Center were discovered in November 2022 and returned to the National Archives shortly after, per a Monday report from CBS News.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Tuesday calling for an immediate review and damage assessment of the documents.