The revelation that a handful of documents marked classified were discovered in Pres. Biden's fmr. office is fueling House Republicans' criticisms of the Justice Department, and drawing promises of investigations into the matter by the new House majority.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, speaks with ranking member Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., before the start of the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Nov. 16, 2022."The only person that has the constitutional ability to declassify any documents is the president of the United States, not the vice president," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told reporters Tuesday.
"President Biden said during the campaign that he would have the most transparent administration in America. Yet we find out this happened November the 2, days before the midterm elections and no one found out about it," he said.Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia told reporters there needs to be a"very serious investigation" and reiterated her call for Mr. Biden to be impeached.
The documents at issue were discovered when Mr. Biden's personal lawyers were packing files kept in a locked closet at the Penn Biden Center, Sauber said. The records were contained in a folder that was in a box with unclassified papers, sources with knowledge of the inquiry told CBS News. The information contained in the documents and their level of classification is unknown, though a source familiar with the matter told CBS News the documents did not contain nuclear secrets.
During that search, the FBI retrieved 103 records, among which were"some indicating the highest levels of classification and extremely limited distribution," federal prosecutors said in court filings.
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