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House Republicans dug in their heels Sunday over President Biden’s apparent mishandling of classified documents with promises to conduct their own investigation and to provide oversight of the Justice Department’s probe.
A third set of classified material was discovered to be in Mr. Biden’s private possession Saturday by his attorneys, drawing searing criticism from GOP lawmakers and charges of hypocrisy in the wake of federal investigators seizing similar sensitive documents from former President Donald Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago residence last year.
“It just shows the hypocrisy and why the American public does not trust their government,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “We will have a role in overseeing what’s transpiring here. What’s real concerning to me is how justice is applied, and is it applied equally? Why do you raid President Trump?”
Rep. Chris Stewart, Utah Republican, labeled Mr. Biden’s defense that he was unaware he had the materials stemming from his time as vice president as “nonsense.”
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, Kentucky Republican, questioned why the discovery was not publicized until last week when Mr. Biden’s lawyers first found the documents days before the November midterms.
