WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, U.S. Sen.
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, and
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Ranking Member of the Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter
to Richard Sauber, Special Counsel
to the President, regarding Joe Biden’s compliance with federals
records storage and archival requirements. In light of the recent discovery of
classified documents at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global
Engagement, the senators are demanding answers about then-Vice President
Biden’s reported use of a non-government email for official business.
In
July
2021, the senators requested information from the White House regarding
reports that then-Vice President Biden used non-government email for official
business, including the transmission of government information to his son,
Hunter Biden. After the White House failed to respond to the senators for
nearly a year, Sens. Grassley and Johnson pressed the administration again in
June
2022 after the discovery of an additional non-government email pseudonym
associated with Joe Biden.
In response to the senators’ second request, the White House wrote “I
can say that the Biden/ Harris Administration recognizes and understand the
federal records laws.”
“The Biden Administration may understand the federal records laws but it
does not appear that they were properly followed by then-Vice President Biden,”
the senators wrote.
“Aside from your brief and vague email to our staff, the White House has
failed to respond to our previous letters. In light of the recent news
regarding the inappropriate storage of classified documents, the White House
must immediately provide transparency relating to then-Vice President Biden’s
archiving of records,” the senators said.
The full text of the letter can be found
here.
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