2023-01-10 - Letter - WHCO - Biden Confidential Docs
2023-01-10 - Letter - WHCO - Biden Confidential Docs
2023-01-10 - Letter - WHCO - Biden Confidential Docs
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Brett Samuels, Biden: Trump retention of sensitive documents ‘totally irresponsible’, THE HILL (Sep. 18, 2022).
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Shawna Chen, Classified docs from Biden’s VP days found in private office, AXIOS (Jan. 9, 2023).
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Supra, n. 1.
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Id.
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Jamie Gangel, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez & Phil Mattingly, Classified documents from Biden’s time as VP
discovered in private office, CNN.COM (Jan. 9, 2023).
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Supra, n. 1.
and his son, Hunter Biden, also planned to share an office with an individual affiliated with the
Chinese Communist Party, which raises questions about who else had access to these highly
sensitive documents because of President Biden’s “totally irresponsible” actions.7
To assist Committee Republicans in investigating President Biden’s recent mishandling
of classified information, please provide the following documents and information no later than
January 24, 2023:
1. All documents retrieved from President Biden’s personal office at the Penn Biden Center;
2. All internal documents and communications regarding the documents retrieved from
President Biden’s personal office at the Penn Biden Center;
3. A list of all people who had access to President Biden’s personal office at the Penn Biden
Center;
4. All documents and communications related to the handling of the classified material by
President Biden’s personal lawyers—including but not limited to their security clearance
status; and
5. All documents and communications between or among the White House and the
Department of Justice or NARA regarding the documents retrieved from President
Biden’s personal office at the Penn Biden Center.
The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of
the U.S. House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any
time” under House Rule X.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this important investigation.
Sincerely,
__________________________
James Comer
Chairman
Committee on Oversight and Accountability
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Email on file with the Comm. Email from R. Hunter Biden (Sep. 21, 2017) (“please have keys made available for
new office mates: Joe Biden [and] Gongwen Dong (Chairman Ye CEFC emissary)”).