House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) on Tuesday demanded White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients respond to whether White House staff ordered the National Archives (NARA) to hide President Joe Biden’s classified document scandal from the American public.
At least three establishment media reports have recounted that Biden’s personal attorneys agreed to hide the scandal from the American people and likely did not plan to disclose the scandal until it was leaked on January 9, months after the initial trove was found by Biden’s personal attorney on November 2.
It’s unclear why Biden’s attorneys were initially looking for his illegally stashed documents at the Biden Penn Center. Neither the White House nor the Department of Justice (DOJ) have provided a reason or cause for the search. The White House and DOJ were the only two entities with knowledge of the scandal before it became public. According to the New York Times, White House officials are…
