DOJ stonewalls GOP request for more information on classified Biden documents trends now

The Justice Department on Monday denied Rep. Jim Jordan's request for more details on their handling of President Joe Biden's classified files, saying it would not provide him with 'non-public information' since there is a special counsel investigation.

'The Department's long-standing policy is to maintain the confidentiality of such information regarding open matters,' the assistant attorney general wrote to Jordan, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. 

Jordan had written to Attorney General Merrick Garland, asking for all documents and communications (both internal and external) between the Justice Department, the FBI, and the Executive Office of the President about the classified material discovered in Biden's personal possession.

But the agency stonewalled his request, citing Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation and arguing they don't want to create the appearance of Congress using improper influence. 

'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,' Carlos Felipe Uriarte, the assistant attorney general, wrote.

Hur is starting at the Justice Department this week, having to wrap up his work at a private firm before he started his investigation. 

Jordan's spokesman fired back, accusing the agency of a double standard.

'Our Members 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. It's concerning, to say the least, that the Department is more interested in playing politics than cooperating,' said Jordan spokesman Russell Dye in a statement.

It's unclear if Jordan will subpoena the documents he's looking for, which include documents related to the appointment of Hur as special counsel as  well as the selection of Trump-appointed US Attorney John Lausch to lead the initial review of the case.

Last week Jordan told CNN he would consider such a move if the DoJ denied his request.

'We'll see, but we're definitely looking at asking for documents via subpoena,' he said. 'But we don't know whether that will happen yet.'

Jordan has targeted President Biden and his family now that Republicans have control of the House and he,

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