National Archives Misses House Deadline To Turn Over Material Tied To Biden’s Classified Document Scandal

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability stated Tuesday that the National Archives and Records Administration failed meet a deadline for the administration to turn over materials in order to continue investigation of classified documents found at locations linked to President Obama Joe Biden.

“The National Archives has not produced the requested documents to the Committee at this time,” A spokesperson for the committee said Axios. “Chairman Comer’s request still stands and anticipates moving forward with a transcribed interview with NARA’s general counsel soon.”

Further, the spokesperson for the committee noted that The Washington Examiner The Republican investigators had originally planned to conduct a transcribed interview at the federal agency. This would allow them to establish a timeline for 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 claimed 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 that, 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 Biden why he had his lawyers remove him from 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 said that he had been informed of the scandal and has since apologized. “no regrets” Over his actions, and that he is being asked 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.”

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