.SenMarcoRubio says the Senate Intelligence Committees 'no closer' to conducting oversight of the mishandling of classified documents. Rubio said the DOJ is still stonewalling access, preventing progress.
Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday that a classified"Gang of Eight" briefing the day before had brought the Senate Intelligence Committee"no closer" to conducting oversight of the mishandling of classified documents by President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and former Vice President Mike Pence.
Sen. Mark Warner , chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Rubio, the vice chairman, released a statement shortly after the briefing expressing that it"left much to be desired." But the press release was otherwise short on detail.“We can’t do our oversight job to determine whether the intelligence agencies properly assessed the risks, if any, and properly mitigated. We can't do that job without the information,” Rubio said.
Rubio and Warner argued that without access to the information, they could not “effectively oversee the efforts of the intelligence community to address risks to national security arising from the mishandling of classified information.” “They did not answer my questions. My response back to them was that this was not productive, and they would have to go back and rethink about what they’re doing and then answer our questions and come back,” McCarthy told reporters. “We have a responsibility of overseeing these agencies and others, and so, when we ask questions, we should be able to have the answers and the documents to answer the questions. They need to provide this.
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