NEW: National Archives tells RepJamesComer that DOJ must sign off on JoeBiden document cooperation
In the latest sign that House Republicans may face roadblocks in their quest for information about President Joe Biden’s classified documents inquiry, the National Archives told congressional investigators on Tuesday that it won’t share documents with lawmakers without a green light from the Justice Department.
“Our desire to provide you with as much information as we can, however, must also be balanced with the need to protect Executive branch equities, particularly as they relate to ongoing criminal law enforcement investigations by DOJ,” Steidel Wall wrote in a letter to Comer. In the new letter, Steidel Wall clarified further that the Justice Department had since said the additional approval of special counsel Robert Hur would be needed for the National Archives to cooperate with Republican investigators.
His investigation is one of two that House Republicans kicked off last week; a second inquiry, led by House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, focuses primarily on the actions of the Justice Department in the months before the case came to light publicly.
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