National Archives hands more Biden emails to House GOP amid impeachment probe: Report

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The National Archives has provided the House Oversight Committee with nearly 6,000 pages of emails as part of the Republican investigation into President Biden. The correspondence, dated March 26 and addressed to Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), responds to a request made last September regarding "certain Presidential and Vice Presidential records from [the] Obama Administration."

Comer had previously asked the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to supply unredacted emails from Biden's tenure as vice president, particularly those involving his son Hunter Biden and Ukraine, as part of the committee's inquiry into the family's foreign business activities.

In the recent communication, NARA indicated that it is engaged in a "rolling notification process" with representatives of both current and former Presidents. Once the agency completes its review of the records and Comer's request, it will furnish the Oversight committee with the relevant documents.

A senior House Democratic aide informed Axios that NARA has already publicly released over 20,000 pages of emails related to Hunter Biden and the Biden family, along with an additional 75,000 pages of records to House Republicans. However, the letter also cautions that some of these documents contain personally identifiable information (PII), such as personal addresses and phone numbers, urging the committee to safeguard such details from public disclosure.

Responding to NARA's actions, a spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee acknowledged the document turnover but contended that it remains insufficient. The spokesperson highlighted the White House's withholding of all drafts of then-Vice President Biden's 2015 speech delivered to the Ukrainian Rada, stressing that Chairmen Comer and Jordan have repeatedly pressed the White House to release these drafts to no avail, characterizing the White House's actions as obstruction of the House's impeachment inquiry.

NARA's letter to Comer arrives in the wake of Comer's recent suggestion that pursuing an impeachment vote against Biden might not be the most effective course of action, following the latest House Oversight hearing on the investigation. Comer also expressed his belief that criminal referrals would represent a more appropriate path forward.

Efforts to obtain comments from NARA and the White House are currently underway.

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