Republican Jim Jordan -the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee- confirmed Friday that his office is launching an investigation into Joe Biden and the Department of Justice over the handling of sensitive government material.
House Judiciary Chairman @Jim_Jordan tells @MajorCBS his committee will investigate the Justice Department's handling of the Biden and Trump classified documents matters. https://t.co/xyWxtRL2MG
— The Takeout w/ Major Garrett (@TakeoutPodcast) January 13, 2023
“We are conducting oversight of the Justice Department’s actions with respect to former Vice President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, including the apparently unauthorized possession of classified material at a Washington, D.C., private office and in the garage of his Wilmington, Delaware, residence,” Jordan wrote.
🚨BREAKING: Rep. @Jim_Jordan's first investigation as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee will examine Biden's "mishandling" of classified documents and the DOJ's investigation
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 13, 2023
“On January 12, 2023, you appointed Robert Hur as Special Counsel to investigate these matters,” added the Republican. “The circumstances of this appointment raise fundamental oversight questions that the Committee routinely examines. We expect your complete cooperation with our inquiry.”
“It is unclear when the Department first came to learn about the existence of these documents, and whether it actively concealed this information from the public on the eve of the 2022 elections,” he added.
His comparisons of this investigation to the Church Committee are ridiculous. The church committee was adopted by an 82-4 senate vote, was nearly bi-partisan (6 dem to 5 rep) and revealed surveillance and infiltration of American political and civil-rights organizations, domestic and foreign journalists operating as CIA assets, and covert operations to assassinate and overthrow foreign governments. The current purview of this action is simply to investigate the current president because he is a political rival… while defending the former president for his criminal (or at the most generous, extremely negligent and belligerent) actions. If ever there was an attempt to weaponize government, this is it.
Robert hur is a TRUMP-appointed US district attorney. Do republicans not trust him to do the right thing? If not, who can they trust??
Trust and government officials seem to be further apart than dem/reps. Trust you will be betrayed and lied to repeatedly and often (gaslight).