Posted on 01/25/2023 6:43:15 AM PST by Red Badger
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability said Tuesday that the National Archives and Records Administration failed to meet a deadline set by the committee to turn over materials for further investigation of the classified documents found in locations tied to President Joe Biden.
“The National Archives has not produced the requested documents to the Committee at this time,” a committee spokesperson told Axios. “Chairman Comer’s request still stands and anticipates moving forward with a transcribed interview with NARA’s general counsel soon.”
The committee spokesperson further noted to The Washington Examiner that Republican investigators initially anticipated conducting a transcribed interview with the federal agency, which would provide a timeline and how the classified information was handled.
Republican lawmakers launched the committee earlier this month after classified documents connected with Biden’s time as vice president were first found by his personal lawyers in his private office at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C., just before the midterm elections last year.
Since then, Biden’s attorneys have located more classified documents at Biden’s home in Wilmington on three separate occasions: an unspecified number found in his garage on December 20, one in Biden’s study on January 11, and five more found in the study on January 12.
Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chair of the House Oversight Committee, sent letters addressed to the National Archives and the White House Counsel’s Office on January 10, in which the committee demanded the material due to “Biden’s failure to return highly classified records from his time as vice president.”
Comer said that National Archives “instigated a public and unprecedented FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago — former President Trump’s home— to retrieve presidential records.”
“[Its] inconsistent treatment of recovering classified records held by former President Trump and President Biden raises questions about political bias at the agency,” he added, according to Axios.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) questioned a key detail in Biden’s classified document scandal during an interview Friday with Fox News.
McCarthy asked why Biden had his lawyers move him out of the office.
“Yes, we are, and you’re missing one question: They say the attorneys found these documents,” he said. “Who told the attorneys to look there?”
“Somebody else knew the documents were there all along. Otherwise, why would the attorneys even look?” McCarthy asked. “Whoever hires lawyers to be movers?”
Biden responded to the scandal last week by saying that he has “no regrets” over his actions and that getting questions about the investigation “quite frankly bugs” him.
“We’re fully cooperating, looking forward to getting this resolved quickly,” Biden claimed. “I think you’re gonna find there’s nothing there. I have no regrets. I’m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do — that’s exactly what we’re doing. There’s no there, there.”
You know it’s pretty bad when the Bolshie RATS weaponize the National Archives to pull FJB’s ‘nads out of the fire. Everybody in this country is a RAT these days. Must be something they picked up from the foreign socialist and communist invaders.
Why should they expect a bunch of Democrats to cooperate with a Republican investigation of a Democrat President?
Did ANYONE actually expect the National Archives to comply?
Enough of the BS. Congress, get off your damn lazy perfumed asses and go down to the Archives and DRAG the info out of them!!! Just a bunch of Ball-Less wonders.
The House has a constitutional remedy. Cut the budget at the National Archives. I can only image the number of people who are employed at the National Archives that have advanced degrees in Library Science or whatever they call that these days. We would better served by high school graduates making minimum wage.
Hunter + classified docs =
They can use “fencing” to hold money that the National Archives needs to operate. Kash Patel was talking about this the other day .... they got 1,000s of previously withheld docs using “no docs, no $$ for you”. The Repubs need to start playing “smash mouth” now, instead of playing footsie with the DemonRats, sending letter after letter ‘requesting’ and getting nothing ... the DemonRats do smash mouth politics 24/7/365. The Repub version of a similar response should be immediate.
The lowlifes control the executive branch and all Federal agencies. They will stonewall Republican investigations forever. Only way to deal with them is cut their funding and starve them out.
Sounds like contempt of Congress. Have the vote and refer to the DOJ.
Play hardball. That’s what the democrats would do. Shut them down until they comply. Lights off. Go home.
Pretty much a hotbed of Marxists at Archives.
Late to the game, those questions were answered quite loudly when they raided Trump's house.
I seem to recall that Congress has it’s own dungeons that could be used to persuade people to recant from contempt of Congress and persuade them to meet deadlines.
“Sargent at Arms! Detain this man until such a time as his department provides these documents!”
Drag the National Archives Bolshie azhos up to Capitol Hill and have THEM testify under oath to Congress. RATS are everywhere!
Ooooo now,they’ve done it! The gop is gonna get real mad and pen a letter or 2!
They could hand over the Ark of the Covenant while they are at it.
US government would likely hand over the Ark to the Palestinian Authority.
That should get 'em to hike up their knickers!
For any that haven't noticed, this DOJ does not respond to referrals from the Right.
Notice how both NARA and the DOJ are protecting their Dem resident, doubtless in coordinated fashion, through resistance to Congressional oversight, thereby flaunting the Constitution.
This as the Biden Crime Family has been caught with at least one smoking gun that has spelled t-r-e-a-s-o-n!
Constitutional crisis time!
Time for the military to honor their oaths by taking down a government under the control of foreigners through bribery and influence peddling.
The National Archives has not produced the requested documents to the Committee at this time.
The next president to place sign on The National Archives door
HELP WANTED NOW HIREING replacement ensues.
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