‘Absolutely Unfair’: GOP Lawmakers Decry Alleged Double Standards Over Biden Classified Documents

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) talks to reporters after being reelected as chair of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington on Nov. 15, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

GOP lawmakers have alleged a double standard that favors Democrats over Republicans in the wake of revelations this week that classified documents from the Obama-Biden administration were discovered in the Biden Penn Center in November.

Their remarks came ahead of an announcement on Jan. 12 that more classified documents were since discovered in the garage of one of Biden’s homes in Deleware. The same day, Attorney General Merrick Garland said he appointed former Trump-appointed Justice Department official Robert Hur as special counsel to investigate Biden’s handling of classified materials.