Republican Senator John Cornyn on Thursday said it is 'completely unacceptable' that the Biden administration is attempting to block Congressional oversight of the Biden classified documents scandal.
Fox News host Bret Baier analyzes the potential impact of Democrats turning against President Biden on 'America Reports.'
"This is very serious," Cornyn, R-Texas, who also serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in the meeting."It is completely unacceptable to me, I believe on a bipartisan basis, for the Biden administrationfrom performing its constitutional duty here…there are issues much larger than individual criminal investigation that I think needs to be addressed," Cornyn said to Durbin, D-Ill.
Cornyn also confirmed in a briefing Wednesday with Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, the Intelligence Committee learned that Haines" "Congress has a constitutional responsibility to provide oversight into the intelligence gathering by the intelligence community, and all 17 agencies that fit under that umbrella," Cornyn said.
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