When Special Counsel Robert Hur issued his report regarding his investigation into President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents in early February, it set off a firestorm. Many on the right were frustrated with the decision not to prosecute and the failure to hold Biden accountable for actions seemingly on par with those for which former President Donald Trump had Mar-a-Lago raided and is facing criminal indictment in Florida. Many on the left were incensed at Hur’s characterization of Biden’s declining mental faculties. Virtually no one was happy (which, frankly, probably means Hur did his job).
In response, the House Oversight Committee requested the Department of Justice to provide access to the classified documents at issue “to determine if they were used to help the Bidens’ influence-peddling schemes.” The committee, along with Judiciary and Ways and Means,…
