Overview
- Date: October 16, 2023
- From: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (Chairman James Comer)
- To: Special Counsel Robert Hur
- Subject: Investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents
Key Points
- The Oversight Committee is investigating President Biden’s retention of classified materials at the Penn Biden Center and other locations.
- Evidence suggests at least five current and former White House employees coordinated access to boxes containing classified documents between 2021 and October 2022.
- The Committee is concerned about the White House’s transparency regarding its involvement in accessing these materials prior to November 2, 2022.
- The Committee also seeks to understand if any classified documents relate to foreign business dealings involving President Biden’s family, especially Hunter Biden.
- The letter requests information from Special Counsel Hur’s office, including:
- Terms or limitations on the interview of President Biden
- Reports and agents’ notes from interviews of President Biden and others
- Lists of countries and individuals named in classified documents recovered
- All documents with classification markings recovered from relevant locations
Context
- The Committee references evidence and memoranda suggesting the Biden family received millions from foreign sources while President Biden was in office.
- The Committee is seeking unredacted information to further its investigation and evaluate potential national security implications.
- The letter requests cooperation from Special Counsel Hur and sets a deadline for response.
This summary was generated from the correspondence between the House Oversight Committee and Special Counsel Robert Hur regarding the White House classified documents investigation.