DOJ Rejects Jim Jordan’s Request for Info on Biden Classified Docs

THe Justice Department Requests for information from the House GOP about the scandal surrounding classified documents were largely turned down by the GOP President Joe BidenCite Attorney General Merrick Garland Nominating a special counsel

Carlos Felipe Uriarte, the assistant attorney general for DOJ’s office of legislative affairs, sent a Monday letter to House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), pointing to Garland’s Jan. 12 selection of Robert Hur, special counsel to investigate Biden’s apparent mishandling of classified information as the This was the main reason the DOJ limited information sharing about the Biden saga.

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Jordan had sent Garland a Jan. 13th letter. All documents and communications between the FBI, the DOJ and the Executive Office of the President must be requested about Biden’s classified documents, but the DOJ response back largely denied the Ohio Republican’s information requests.

“Your letter … requests non-public information that is central to the ongoing Special Counsel investigation,” Jordan was informed Monday by the assistant attorney general. “The Department’s longstanding policy is to maintain the confidentiality of such information regarding open matters. This policy protects the American people’s interest in the evenhanded, dispassionate, and effective administration of justice. Disclosing non-public information about ongoing investigations could violate statutory requirements or court orders, reveal road maps of our investigations, and interfere with the Department’s ability to gather facts, interview witnesses, and bring criminal prosecutions where warranted.”

Jordan’s office was quick to respond.

“Our Members are rightly concerned about the Justice Department’s double standard here. After all, some of the Biden documents were found at a think tank that has received funds from communist China,” Russell Dye, Jordan’s spokesperson, spoke to the Washington Examiner. “It’s concerning, to say the least, that the Department is more interested in playing politics than cooperating.”

Biden’s personal attorneys They first found classified documents in November, they said. The Penn Biden Center, Washington, D.C. The president’s lawyers have since found more classified documents at Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, home in December and January, and the DOJ More was discovered when the company conducted its own research earlier this month.

Jordan’s letter, co-signed by another top GOP member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), also demanded Garland hand over details about the appointment of Robert Hur, a DOJ veteran and former Trump federal procuror, will be the special counsel.

“We are conducting oversight of the Justice Department’s actions with respect to former Vice President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, including the apparently unauthorized possession of classified material at a Washington, D.C. private office and in the garage of his Wilmington, Delaware residence,” In a mid-January letter, the House Republicans informed Garland.

Garland was appointed Jack Smith, a prosecutor for war crimes in Kosovo late last year to take over the Justice Department’s investigation of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. Hur was then appointed special counsel by the Biden attorney general in January’s Biden documents saga.

Garland was told by House Republicans “the circumstances of this appointment raise fundamental oversight questions that the Committee routinely examines” That and more “we expect your complete cooperation with our inquiry.”

“It is unclear when the Department first came to learn about the existence of these documents, and whether it actively concealed this information from the public on the eve of the 2022 elections,” the GOP letter read. “It is also unclear what interactions, if any, the Department had with President Biden or his representatives about his mishandling of classified material. The Department’s actions here appear to depart from how it acted in similar circumstances.”

All records related to John Lausch’s selection as U.S. attorney to conduct the initial investigation, and to Hur’s appointment as special counsel were requested by the Republicans. The GOP investigators also asked for all documents between or among the DOJ, the FBI, and the White House related to classified records found at the Penn Biden Center and at Biden’s home. Garland was also instructed by the letter to turn over all communications between the DOJ and Biden’s lawyers related to the classified documents saga.

Jordan and Johnson also told the Justice Department to provide all of the documents and communications related to the storage of the classified records at Biden’s office and his home, as well as all records tied to the discovery of the documents with classified markings.

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Uriarte insisted Monday that “in connection with appointing a Special Counsel, the Attorney General has provided significant information about how the matter came into the Department, the steps the Department took to investigate, and his appointment decision.”

“Disclosures to Congress about active investigations risk jeopardizing those investigations and creating the appearance that Congress may be exerting improper political pressure or attempting to influence Department decisions in certain cases,” According to the DOJ official, he added: “The Special Counsel regulations establish procedures for disclosing certain information to Congress at the onset and conclusion of a Special Counsel investigation.”

The White House, The National Archives and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines have all contributed to this document. The appointment of special counsels was a matter of concern In the Trump and Biden sagas Reasons for deflecting or missing deadlines And the DOJ has now confirmed that it is relying on special counsel to justify delays in sharing information.

Uriarte sent a similar letter on Saturday to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) and its Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL), citing Garland’s appointments of Smith and Hur as a reason why DOJ was limiting the intelligence community’s sharing of information on these matters.