Posted on 01/17/2023 5:09:18 PM PST by Libloather
WASHINGTON - A White House official attacked House Republicans on Tuesday for engaging in “political stunts” over the classified documents found in President Biden’s home and former office, declining to say whether it will cooperate with congressional investigations into the issue.
“They’re faking outrage,” White House communications officer Ian Sams told reporters, pointing to Republicans’ apparent lack of dismay after highly sensitive documents were found last summer at Mar-a-Lago, the estate where Donald Trump retired after his White House term concluded.
“When it comes to Congress we intend to review and respond to oversight inquiries in good faith,” Sams said. But “we're going to call it out when we see rampant hypocrisy,” he added, criticizing Republicans for what he called a “total lack of credibility.”
Coming one week after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the handling of the classified documents, the comments from Sams appeared to foreshadow a contentious battle with the new Republican-controlled House, with clashes likely looming over subpoenas and demands for testimony from top administration officials.
A spokeswoman for Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the new GOP chair of the House Oversight Committee, who has sent multiple letters requesting information about the documents, quickly responded, telling Yahoo News that "The Biden White House’s attempt to deflect from the issue isn’t a strategy that’s going to work."
Bruised earlier this month by a contentious speakership fight, Republicans appear rejuvenated by the prospect of investigating Biden with the same zeal with which Democrats investigated Trump.
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“... pointing to Republicans’ apparent lack of dismay after highly sensitive documents were found last summer at Mar-a-Lago,...”
The “highly sensitive documents” were not found. The Trump team TOLD the archivist that they were there, The feds even asked Team Trump to put an extra lock on the door. They were haggling over who should retain possession.
The “highly sensitive documents” were not strewn on the floor. They were placed there by the feds for a photo-op.
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