The National Archives failed to produce documents detailing its communications with President Biden's lawyers and the DOJ regarding Biden's mishandling of classified documents.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., prepares for a television interview in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.
Comer's Jan. 10 request related only to the documents discovered at the Washington offices of the Penn Biden Center. Since then, however, three other batches of documents have been discovered at Biden's private residence in Wilmington, Delaware, leading to the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the matter.
Trump critics point to the former president's refusal to hand over classified documents, however, which ultimately led to an FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago home.threw his hat in the ring this week with news that he discovered classified documents inside his own home in Carmel, Indiana. Pence's legal team immediately notified the DOJ and handed over the documents before notifying Congress late last week.
Pence's team said that although the documents bear classified markings, the Department of Justice or the agency that issues the documents will need to make a final determination on whether the documents are considered classified or not.The DOJ has opened investigations into both Trump and Biden but has yet to announce an investigation into Pence.
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