perspective crypto merits. it means hidden money and if we re able to shine in the bright light of money laundering, crypto will disappear and become a bedrock. congress wants regulators to clean up dark web sales for drugs and human trafficking and exploit money laundering rules. on capitol kill, chad pergram, fox news. john: they re launching investigations into president biden, the border and more. one of the republicans on the committee south california congresswoman nancy mace joins us tonight and congresswoman, sounds like you ll be busy for the next two years and what s the priority for your committee? we were busy before the classified documents were discovered at biden s delaware home and now that s happened and
right now. a lot of house republics republicans are launching investigations, but they peel like they re being stymied by the white house or at least agencies siding with the white house. what s the latest? reporter: well, neil, the justice department gave its first response to house republicans yesterday stating that we ll negotiate in good feint but, ultimately, will be limited in what they re able to reveal, citing longstanding policy preventing hem from from confirming or denying the existence of pending investigations. this followed requests by chair jim jordan for information relating to the department s work. so the committee fired back with twitter with post writing: why is koj scared to doj scared to cooperate with our investigations? the doj promised a separate response related to the handling of classified documents found at the president s personal office, or his former office and personal home. congressman jordan is not optimistic on what he s going to hear back from
2020 suppress the hunter biden story. 2022 they raid the president s home but don t tell us about joe biden s issue prior to the election. maybe the f.b.i. should stay out of things. that s why the subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government will look into the biden docs and have subpoena power over agencies. democrats say republicans will obstruct justice by launching investigations during a federal investigation. i think congress ought to handle both situations the same way. that is we have to get a briefing from the intelligence community about risks to national security of where the documents were and what they contained but congress shouldn t try to interfere with the investigations. first we have to get their committees in order. a handful of top house republicans are actually here in washington during break for about three days this week to finalize committee assignments including which nine republicans
republicans say it s yet another example of the double standard federal agencies have been playing out for years. i can t imagine this double standard in the justice system being applied on mlk day, black folks versus white folks. can you imagine how this administration treats their friends and themselves, and adversaries, we cannot have a two-tiered justice system in america. the new judiciary panel will have subpoena power over federal agencies. democrats say republicans will use it to obstruct justice by launching investigations, house oversite chairman james comer demanding visitor logs to the president s wilmington residence, citing national security concerns. adam schiff admits, look, lawmakers have to look into potential national security issues. is it possible that national
counsel. there may not be in crime here. this is certainly may have been a mistake. but this is another it s baggage now for this white house. it s something they have to deal with. as much as this white house was not thrilled at the idea of republicans controlling the house, and launching investigations there, here is yet another one they are going to have to deal with. even if it epds up leading to nothing, it will simply inevitably be a distraction as well as now this point of comparison for what s happening with donald trump. i feel like i have asked this question so many times, but it applies here again. there s the legal part of this and then there s the political part of this. as you listen to what the attorney general had to say and what jonathan had to say about that december 20th date, what s the big political concern and how do they handle it? one thing jonathan said there i certainly agree with. it would have been much easier for the spokes people at the white house,