National Archives press release on Biden classified docs was BLOCKED
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Revelation came during questioning of Archives general counsel Gary Stern by top Republican James Comer
The National Archives was prevented from notifying the public that classified documents had been found at President Joe Biden's think tank back in November, raising questions over who stopped the information from coming out.
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman James Comer raised the question Tuesday night, claiming the only two entities that could have given the order are the White House and the Department of Justice – putting the onus on either Biden or Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Despite Biden's team claiming they have been 'transparent' regarding the classified document scandal, new details emerged Tuesday that the FBI had searched his former offices after the initial materials were found.
Documents with classified markings were found at Biden's Washington, D. C. think tank in early November, just days before the 2022 midterm elections.
The National Archives prepared a press release to notify the public of the discovery, but was stopped from issuing it, Comer revealed.
'There are only two people that could have given those orders, and that's either the Department of Justice with Merrick Garland or the White House with Joe Biden,' the Kentucky Republican told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday evening.
'So, it shows right there that this Department of Justice and this White House is interfering with this,' he added.
The latest revelation comes after Comer's panel conducted a lengthy interview with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) general counsel Gary Stern.
Stern informed the Oversight Committee that he couldn't tell them who gave the order not to release the statement.
Comer noted yet another double-standard in the process of classified documents between the case involving Biden and the one involving former President Donald Trump, whose Mar-a-Lago residence was raided by the FBI in August after he had failed to return presidential documents to the National Archives following multiple requests.
'If you go on the National Archives website, there's pages and pages of press releases and information about the FBI raid into Mar-a-Lago and Donald Trump's possession of classified documents,' Comer said. 'But there's nothing on the website about Joe Biden.'
New information about Biden's case also emerged Tuesday, indicating the discovery of documents wasn't as much of a cooperative process as previously indicated.
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