Top Democrat gives 'failing grade' to Biden administration on classified documents
Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner chided the Biden administration for a lack of information about classified documents found at the current and former presidents' homes.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the Democratic chairman of the Intelligence Committee, chided the Biden administration Wednesday for the lack of information being shared about classified documents that were found at the homes of current and former presidents.
"This is where the Biden administration gets an absolute failing grade," Warner said on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports." "Their position is outrageous."
Lawmakers have increasingly criticized administration officials' ignoring requests to be briefed about the classified documents.
Warner and other lawmakers have been asking to see which documents were found, a request that has been stonewalled.
"We have a constitutional responsibility to see those documents — the classified ones — make a judgment whether the intelligence community did appropriate protection, and if those documents were to fall into the wrong hands, what kind of mitigation we could take," Warner said. "And I am done with the lack of willingness for the administration to address this."
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