Intel panel complains PRESS know more about Biden documents than Congress trends now
The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee are upset that they still have not been able to review the classified documents found at Donald Trump and Joe Biden's homes.
Senators Marco Rubio and Mark Warner lamented that even the press has been able to see some of these materials as the Justice Department continues to roadblock congressional oversight panels.
In a joint interview, Warner said 'the notion that we're going to be left in limbo, and we can't do our job, that just cannot stand.'
'There isn't a day that goes by that there isn't some media report about what was found where, what some sort of characterization of the material in the press,' Rubio detailed. 'I just saw one this morning again.'
Republican Intelligence Ranking Member Marco Rubio said that even the press have seen more of Biden's classified documents than his Senate panel
'So somehow, the only people who are not allowed to know what was in there are congressional oversight committees,' the Florida Republican senator added.
'But apparently, the media leaks out of the DOJ are unimpeded in terms of characterizing the nature of some of the materials that were found, plus whatever the individuals involved are telling the media. So it's an untenable situation that I think has to be resolved.'
Rubio called it 'absurd' in the pre-recorded sit-down interview with CBS's Margaret Brennan, which aired on Face the Nation on Sunday morning.
Warner, for his part, said the argument that the material may be too old to matter since it stems from Biden's time as a U.S. senator 'doesn't hold water.'
In fact, the Virginia senator noted that it's further proof that there is an issue within the Senate with classified documents making their way outside Congress.
Since the Senate is still Democrat-controlled, Rubio serves as the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Warner
