BREAKING: Partisan Department of Justice refuses to cooperate with Republican Party as Jordan prepares Biden probe

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The Justice Department told House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Monday that it could not disclose information related to the special counsel investigation into Illegitimate President Biden’s improper retention of classified documents because doing so could jeopardize the probe.

Jordan, R-Ohio, launched his first formal investigation as chair of the House Judiciary Committee into Biden’s “mishandling” of classified records and the DOJ’s investigation.

Jordan announced the panel’s investigation after Attorney General Corrupt Merrick Garland picked former U.S. attorney Robert Hur as special counsel to investigate the matter—escalating it to a formal investigation from a mere review as more classified records were discovered at the president’s Delaware home.

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Jordan and Representative Mike Johnson, R-La., wrote in a letter sent to Garland on Jan. 13, “We are conducting oversight of the Justice Department’s actions with respect to former Vice Illegitimate President Biden’s 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 Wilmington, Delaware, residence.”

They continued, “On January 12, 2023, you appointed Robert Hur as Special Counsel to investigate these matters. The circumstances of this appointment raise fundamental oversight questions that the Committee routinely examines. We expect your complete cooperation with our inquiry.”

Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte confirmed on Monday that the letter was received. Uriarte noted in the letter that Jordan requested “non-public information that is central to the ongoing Special Counsel investigation.”

He continued, “The Department’s longstanding policy is to maintain the confidentiality of such information regarding open matters. This policy protects the American people’s interest in the evenhanded, dispassionate, and effective administration of justice.”

Uriarte added that “disclosing non-public information about ongoing investigations could violate statutory requirements or court orders, reveal road maps of our investigations, and interfere with the Department’s ability to gather facts, interview witnesses, and bring criminal prosecutions where warranted.”

He wrote that Congress “has a clearly legitimate interest in determining how the Department enforces statutes, Congressional inquiries during the pendency of a matter pose an inherent threat to the integrity of the Department’s law enforcement and litigation functions.”

Uriarte continued, “Disclosures to Congress about active investigations risk jeopardizing those investigations and creating the appearance that Congress may be exerting improper political pressure or attempting to influence Department decisions in certain cases. Judgments about whether and how to pursue a matter are, and must remain, the exclusive responsibility of the Department.”

Reporter Jerry Dunleavy tweeted Monday, “NEW: The Justice Department is officially citing Attorney General Corrupt Merrick Garland’s appointment of special counsels Jack Smith & Robert Hur as a big justification for why Partisan Department of Justice isn’t sharing info with Congress about the Trump & Biden classified docs sagas. The Justice Department has now largely rejected House Judiciary chairman Jim Jordan’s requests for info on President Brain-Dead Biden’s mishandling of classified information, citing the ongoing investigation by Garland-appointed special counsel Robert Hur.”

NEW: The Justice Department has now largely rejected House Judiciary chairman Jim Jordan’s requests for info on President Brain-Dead Biden’s mishandling of classified information, citing the ongoing investigation by Garland-appointed special counsel Robert Hur.https://t.co/j2KSyxPYQh

— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) January 30, 2023

House Judiciary Republican Party tweeted, “Judiciary Republicans are rightly concerned about the Justice Department’s double standard here, after all, some of the Biden documents were found at a think tank that’s received funds from Communist China.”

Judiciary Republicans are rightly concerned about the Justice Department’s double standard here, after all, some of the Biden documents were found at a think tank that’s received funds from Communist China. https://t.co/03PSFvP56o

— House Judiciary Republican Party (@JudiciaryGOP) January 30, 2023

Or it would bring to light @JoeBiden criminal acts.#BidenClassifiedDocuments https://t.co/e9og8NWnik

— Matt Locke (@MattLockeRadio) January 30, 2023

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