{"id":11585,"date":"2023-11-14T01:55:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T01:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/comer-jordan-subpoena-former-white-house-counsel-for-testimony-related-to-bidens-classified-docs\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T01:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T01:55:38","slug":"comer-jordan-subpoena-former-white-house-counsel-for-testimony-related-to-bidens-classified-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/comer-jordan-subpoena-former-white-house-counsel-for-testimony-related-to-bidens-classified-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"Comer, Jordan subpoena former White House counsel for testimony related to Biden\u2019s classified docs"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan subpoenaed former White House Counsel Dana Remus to appear for a deposition and requested transcribed interviews from several other officials with knowledge of President Biden\u2019s alleged improper retention of classified records, Fox News Digital has learned.<\/p>\n

Comer and Jordan subpoenaed Remus Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Comer first requested she appear for a transcribed interview before the House Oversight Committee in May. That request came after the panel obtained information that they said \u2018contradicts important details from the White House\u2019s and President Biden\u2019s personal attorney\u2019s statements about the discovery of documents at the Penn Biden Center, including the location and security of the classified documents.\u2019<\/p>\n

Comer has described Remus as a \u2018central figure in the early stages of coordinating the packing and moving of boxes that were later found to contain classified materials.\u2019 Comer, in May. Said Remus could be a witness \u2018with potentially unique knowledge\u2019 about the matter.<\/p>\n

Comer and Jordan also requested an interview with Annie Tomasini, a senior Biden aide and director of Oval Office Operations who took \u2018inventory\u2019 of Biden\u2019s documents at the Penn Biden Center over a year before they were said to be found. Tomasini is a close friend of the Biden family, and Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n

They also requested an interview with Anthony Bernal, a senior advisor in First Lady Jill Biden\u2019s office and Ashley Williams, a special assistant to the president and deputy director of Oval Office Operations; and Katharine\u00a0<\/p>\n

House Republicans identified Remus, Bernal, Williams, Tomasini and an unknown staffer, in addition to Kathy Chung, a top aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, as individuals who made multiple visits to the Penn Biden Center and were involved with the retrieval of boxes of documents and materials ahead of early November 2022, which was when Biden\u2019s personal attorneys \u2018unexpectedly discovered Obama-Biden documents\u2019 in a locked closet at the Biden think tank.<\/p>\n

Biden attorneys claim that classified documents were first discovered at the Penn Biden Center on Nov. 2, 2022, but Comer has pointed to contact between Remus and Cheung dating back to May 2022.<\/p>\n

Comer has questioned Remus\u2019 timing of first contacting Chung, flagging that the first contact on May 24, 2022, was \u2018notably\u2019 the same day the Justice Department had dated a subpoena return date for former President Donald Trump to turn over any classified records being held at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n

Remus left the Biden administration last year and joined Covington & Burling LLP as a partner.<\/p>\n

\u2018Facts continue to emerge showing that the White House\u2019s narrative of President Biden\u2019s mishandling of classified documents doesn\u2019t add up,\u2019 Comer, R-Ky., said. \u2018It is imperative to learn whether President Biden retained sensitive documents related to any countries involving his family\u2019s foreign business dealings that brought in millions for the Biden family.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018The Oversight Committee looks forward to hearing directly from Dana Remus and other central figures to further our investigation into President Biden\u2019s mishandling of classified documents and determine whether our national security has been compromised,\u2019 Comer continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And Jordan, R-Ohio said the subpoenas and interview requests is part of the House\u2019s effort to hold the Justice Department and the president accountable.<\/p>\n

\u2018President Biden\u2019s mishandling of classified documents, including the apparently unauthorized possession of classified material at a Washington, D.C. private office and in the garage of his Delaware residence, raise serious concerns about his mishandling of sensitive intelligence information and his Department of Justice\u2019s double standard of justice,\u2019 Jordan said. \u2018Today\u2019s subpoena and transcribed interview requests represent another step in holding President Biden and the DOJ accountable.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Comer, Jordan and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., are leading the House impeachment inquiry against President Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018This is just the latest example of President Biden\u2019s willingness to skirt the law in order to hide the truth,\u2019 Smith told Fox News Digital. \u2018If the President himself was illegally holding classified material for some purpose, the American people deserve to know what that purpose is\u2013and whether it constitutes an abuse of office.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Smith added that the Biden administration \u2018hasn\u2019t hesitated to scrutinize political opponents\u2019 use of classified materials, and he should be held to the same standard.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the subpoenas also come after Comer, last month, demanded answers from Special Counsel Robert Hur, who is investigating Biden\u2019s alleged improper retention of classified records, on whether the sensitive,\u00a0classified documents Biden retained were related to specific countries\u2014 countries that were involved in his family\u2019s lucrative foreign business deals.<\/p>\n

Comer is investigating the Biden family\u2019s\u00a0foreign business dealings\u00a0as part of the House impeachment inquiry, as well as Biden\u2019s alleged mishandling of classified documents.<\/p>\n

Comer also requested from Hur a list of the countries named in any documents with classification markings recovered from Penn Biden Center, Biden\u2019s residence, including the garage, in Wilmington, Delaware, or elsewhere; and a list of all individuals named in those documents with classification markings; and all documents found with classified markings.<\/p>\n

Biden sat down for an interview with Hur last month.<\/p>\n

\u2018As 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,\u2019 White House spokesperson for investigations Ian Sams said after the president\u2019s interview with the special counsel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hur\u2019s investigation comes after a batch of records from President Biden\u2019s\u00a0time as vice president, including a \u2018small number of documents with classified markings,\u2019 were discovered at the Penn Biden Center by the president\u2019s personal attorneys on Nov. 2, 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additional classified records were discovered at President Biden\u2019s Wilmington home in January. After that discovery, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur as special counsel to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n\n

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