now, in the aftermath of the biden classified docs,e quei revelations, one question remains why didn t the fbi raid his office and residents like they did trump s? wellcee they, tonight, the wallt journal has the answer. apparently, merrick garland considered having fbi agentserev monitor a search by president biden s lawyers, but decidedd ai against it botnsh to avoid complicating later stages ofcatr the investigation on how thoughtful and one sided this. comes. as house republicans , includingn my next guest, haven t rulednain out subpoenaing biden familyh ah members to get to the truth about who had access to classified documents. joining us now, florida congressman byron donalds of the house oversight committee. congressman, now today made a point to say that this will be done by the book, but the white house said today that y all are faking outrage overr t in the house.he your response to that?
on the breaking news to your first the following that the justice department considered having fbi agents monitor a search by president biden s lawyers for classified document at his homes but decided agains it both to avoid complicating later stages of the investigation and because mr. biden s attorneys had quickly turned over the first batch and were cooperating according to people who are familiar with the matter. in essence they re saying that the lawyers do what they seem t be following along nobles level right now. what are your thoughts? i m very disappointed to hea this news because we discussed before, the most important thin the justice department needs to do is to make sure they treat both cases at the biden interim case equally. the doj and the fbi made a big deal about launching for the first time ever in history a surprise a search warrant on a former president s house are a
and both joe biden s delaware homes. can you imagine this? at the same time the white house gritting questions from the press. ainsley: peter doocy with the details from the white house, peter. we found out overnight the president s personal attorneys know how to get the fbi to back off because we found out a couple of days ago, the white house s lawyer was accompanied by something from the doj when he went to wilmington. but the new detail is that they were not also joined by agents from the fbi and windbreakers. the wall street journal is reporting this. they say the justice department considered having fbi agents monitor a search by president biden s lawyers for classified documents at his homes but decided to avoid it with complicated leaders stages and because mr. biden s attorneys had quickly turned over a first batch and were cooperating.
country s push for more aid in the war. here at home, the white house is facing new criticism and fallout over its muted response to classified materials found at president biden s home and former d.c. office. a law enforcement official telling nbc news, the justice department has not asked the white house not to speak about the facts of the case. while new reporting from the wall street journal reveals that according to multiple sources, the doj considered having fbi agents monitor a search for classified documents at his homes but decided against it. also this morning, disturbing new details about the shooting plot police say was orchestrated by a failed republican candidate in new mexico. the suspect accused of paying men to target the homes of democratic officials is set to appear in court this afternoon. new video from a ring camera appears to show him knocking on a door, identifying himself for name and asking for one of the lawmakers.
reporting. they reported that the justice department considered having fbi agents monitor a search by president biden s lawyers for classified documents at his homes but decided against it, complicating later stages of the investigation and because mr. biden s attorneys has turned over a first batch and were cooperating, according to people familiar with the matter. nbc news hasn t independently verified this report. but with the publicly available information we have, was that the right course? i think it makes a lot of sense. doj doesn t typically supervise voluntary turnovers of information, particularly when you have every indication that a party was being cooperative like they were here. i think certainly by taking the stance of not participating, they re better off down the road, less of a possibility of perhaps conflicting agents out of the investigation, because of something that they observed in this sort of a setting, and so by holding off doj, i think is