The House Judiciary Committee announced Friday an investigation into President Joe Biden‘s handling of classified documents.
Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding documents and communications about Biden’s “mishandling of classified documents, including the apparently unauthorized possession of classified material.” They set a deadline on January 27.
Among the records sought by the lawmakers were documents and communications related to the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Robert Hur as special counsel. “The circumstances of this appointment raise fundamental oversight questions that the Committee routinely examines,” Jordan and Johnson wrote.
#BREAKING: @Jim_Jordan and @RepMikeJohnson launch first investigation into @JoeBiden’s classified documents scandal. pic.twitter.com/sR8E5J2ZTd
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) January 13, 2023
Garland announced Thursday that he appointed Hur to…
