Former World Food Program USA Board Chairman Hunter Biden speaks on stage at the World Food Program USA’s Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony at Organization of American States on April 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for World Food Program USA)“The administration told House Democrats to go pound sand when their oversight authority was mandatory while voluntarily cooperating with the Senate Republicans’ sideshow at lightning speed,” a spokesman from Wyden told the website.
Grassley and Johnson said there was no double standard, as there was no implication of executive privilege in the documents on “suspicious financial transactions” that the Senate sought on Hunter Biden. Executive privilege is a procedural shield that protects the president from being forced to turn over information about his deliberations with advisors, particularly on foreign policy.
“In fact, Democrats have recently received productions from Treasury pursuant to their oversight requests,” the Republicans said. “If the administration were to claim privilege over requested material, as the Obama administration did in the ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ investigation, members of Congress can use other tools at their disposal – including the courts – to compel cooperation.”
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Johnson and Grassley also took a shot at the House’s handling of its impeachment inquiry, particularly when it was faced with claims of executive privilege from the executive branch.
“In the case of impeachment, the House chose not to [go to the courts],” they said. “Our oversight work over the last several years should stand in stark contrast to the slapdash impeachment inquiry in the House.”
Fox News’ Mike Emanuel and Edmund Demarche contributed to this report.
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