The House Oversight Committee is seeking information from special counsel Robert Hur on whether Joe Biden possessed classified documents related to Hunter Biden’s lucrative business enterprise.
The Oversight Committee wrote a letter to Hur on Monday demanding answers about the classified documents Joe Biden allegedly retained to determine if Joe Biden kept documents involving the countries linked to Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Heritage Foundation Presses DOJ To Investigate Joe Biden’s Aliases As Part Of Classified Docs Case)
READ THE LETTER:
“If any of the classified documents mishandled by President Biden involved countries or individuals that had financial dealings with Biden family members or their related companies, the Committee needs access to that information to evaluate whether our national security has been compromised,” the Oversight Committee’s letter reads.
“The Committee is concerned that President Biden may have retained sensitive documents related to specific countries involving his family’s foreign business. Further, we seek to understand whether the White House or President Biden’s personal attorneys placed any limitations or scoping restrictions during the interview that would have precluded a line of inquiry regarding evidence (emails, text messages, or witness statements) directly linking Joe Biden to troublesome foreign payments,” the document adds.
House Oversight is specifically requesting a list of countries and individuals on the classified documents in addition to any terms potentially limiting the scope of Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden. Likewise, the committee is asking Hur for documents surrounding an interview with White House counsel Dana Remus, if an interview took place. Remus is among the five White House employees who handled classified documents, according to the committee.
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Special counsel Hur is investigating Joe Biden’s possession of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center and his Wilmington, Delaware residence. Hur interviewed President Biden on Oct. 8 and again on Oct. 9 as part of the investigation, White House spokesperson Ian Sams confirmed.
“The voluntary interview was conducted at the White House over two days, Sunday and Monday, and concluded Monday,” Sams said. “As we have said from the beginning, the President and the White House are cooperating with this investigation, and as it has been appropriate, we have provided relevant updates publicly, being as transparent as we can consistent with protecting and preserving the integrity of the investigation.”
Hur was appointed special counsel in January by Attorney General Merrick Garland after classified documents were discovered at Joe Biden’s think tank and personal residence. (RELATED: Here’s All The Evidence Connecting Joe Biden To Hunter Biden’s Foreign Business Dealings)
The Biden family and its associates made more than $24 million from individuals and businesses tied to Ukraine, Russia, China, Romania and Kazakhstan, according to a House memo circulated in late September before the first impeachment inquiry hearing for President Joe Biden.
House Oversight subpoenaed Hunter Biden and his uncle and business partner James Biden’s personal and business bank records following the first hearing. The existing financial information about the Biden family’s foreign business dealings came from suspicious activity reports sent by banks to the Treasury Department, House Oversight Chairman James Comer said at the first hearing.
Hunter Biden’s taxes are currently being investigated by special counsel David Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware. Garland appointed Weiss special counsel in August after Biden’s guilty plea agreement collapsed and two IRS whistleblowers accused the DOJ of giving Hunter Biden special treatment.
The younger Biden was indicted in September on three federal gun charges to which he pleaded not guilty at an Oct. 3 arraignment in Delaware.
The DOJ did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.
Henry Rodgers contributed to this report